The Montana Juvenile Justice Advisory Council was established by Governor Forrest Anderson in August 1972, to examine existing juvenile legislation and juvenile correctional facilities, and to recommend revisions in the law. Governor Anderson stressed the need to examine the constitutional rights of juveniles in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding those rights. Governor Anderson appointed Associate Justice Frank Haswell to head the Council and Doug Chase, Harold Hanser, Paul Hatfield, Jeremiah Johnson, Helen Kampfe, Mike McLean, Frank Sennett, John Thomas, and Robert Wilson as Council members. Terry Wallace and Steve Nelson were hired as staff. In April 1973 the Council published a discussion draft of its proposed Montana Youth Act and solicited comments from legal experts and the public. As a result of these comments the draft was revised and in November a second draft Montana Youth Act was published. Governor Thomas Judge re-appointed the Council in July 1973 to continue its work. As a result, two bills were introduced into the second session of the 43rd Legislative Assembly (1974): HB 797 to revise the law relating to abused, neglected, and dependent children; and HB 798, the Montana Youth Justice Act. Both passed into law.