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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 117 — Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 53 — Confirm governor's appointee for the board of public education	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 45 — Confirm governor's appointees for board of veterinary medicine	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 35 — Confirm governor's appointee for board of livestock	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 34 — Confirm governor's appointee for livestock loss board	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 32 — Confirm governor's appointee for the board of public education	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 31 — Confirm governor's appointee for the board of public education	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 26 — Confirm governor's appointees for historical society board of trustees	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 19 — Confirm governor's appointees for the board of hail insurance	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 292 — Establish the uniform public expression protection act	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 32 — Generally revise property taxes	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 343 — Revert revenue from coal tax to coal trust	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 307 — Reallocate Montana marijuana tax revenue	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 287 — Generally revise state finance laws	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 413 — Criminalize disclosure of certain explicit AI-generated media	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 370 — Generally revise laws related to jury duty	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 8 — Renewable resource bonds and loans	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 7 — Reclamation and development grants	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 6 — Renewable resource grants	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 405 — Provide additional funding for the housing Montana fund	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 394 — Provide for workers' compensation coverage of PTSD for first responders	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 491 — Generally revise laws related to sexual assault kits	Yea	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 379 — Revise laws related to state-tribal consultation	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 731 — Revise laws related to airports and light aircraft	Yea	Mar 31, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 641 — Repeal Lewis and Clark bicentennial plate program	Yea	Mar 31, 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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