FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo New Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cary Smith, R-Billings, addresses the republican senate caucus at the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. A Montana Senate committee considered Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, a bill that would require parental consent for sexual education and ban abortion providers from offering information in schools. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)

February 4, 2021