Montana Public Affairs Network
- On Tuesday, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr spoke out against legislation restricting gender-affirming care for children.
- The Montana House speaker is now refusing to recognize her until she apologizes for her speech.
- "It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor to protect the dignity and integrity, and any representative I don't feel can do that will not be recognized," the speaker said.
The speaker of Montana's House of Representatives is forbidding state Rep. Zooey Zephyr from publicly speaking on the House floor for the remainder of the session until she apologizes for an impassioned speech she gave on Tuesday.
Days after her initial speech, on Thursday, Zephyr attempted to speak out against Senate Bill 458, which would alter the state's definition of sex.