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John Esp

MT Senate District 29

Republican Montana since Jan 6, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Environment & Energy 2 Healthcare 2 Social Services & Welfare 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Economy & Taxes 1 Housing 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
MT Senate District 29 current Montana	Republican	Jan 6, 2025	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 30 Montana	Republican	Jan 7, 2019	Jan 6, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 29 Montana	Republican	Jan 7, 2019	Jan 5, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT House District 61 Montana	Republican	—	Dec 31, 2012	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (3,107 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 312 — Revise speed limit laws	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 307 — Generally revise laws related to licensing donations for disabled veterans	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 296 — Revising laws related to professional licensing injunctions and penalties	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 293 — Revise election administrator laws	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 269 — Eliminate the organic commodity advisory council	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 226 — Provide for a legal employment and government accountability law	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 251 — Generally revise laws related to public charter schools	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 628 — Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 585 — Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 567 — Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 276 — Standardize service of process for professional licenses	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 752 — Prohibit access to child pornography in Montana	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 694 — Revise laws related to child abuse and neglect	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 684 — Eliminate deadline for water quality data review	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 614 — Allow for the termination of certain county zoning districts	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 547 — Revise firefighting laws for consolidated city-county governments	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 544 — Generally revise health insurance laws relating to health utilization review	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 531 — Revise laws related to legislative rules	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 530 — Generally revise business laws	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 503 — Generally revise traffic laws regarding evading or fleeing a peace officer	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 491 — Revise alcohol laws relating to community care retirement facility licenses	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 471 — Revise education laws related to human sexuality and identity instruction	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 403 — Generally revise laws related to state hospital	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 398 — Generally revise insurance laws related to prior authorization of chronic conditions	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 151 — Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB	Yea	Apr 10, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)

SB 223 MT · —
Allow interest earned on workforce housing appropriations to be retained

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SB 435 MT · —
Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals

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SB 315 MT · —
Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup

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SB 29 MT · —
Allow electronic submission of bonds for state construction projects

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SB 429 MT · —
Generally revise laws related to determination and restoration of fitness in criminal proceedings

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SB 46 MT · —
Increase registration fee for underground petroleum tanks

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SB 430 MT · —
Generally revise laws related to civil commitment and emergency detention of mentally ill persons

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