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Sara Novak

MT Senate District 36

Democratic 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

Transportation & Infrastructure 3Criminal Justice & Policing 2Education 1Environment & Energy 1Government Operations & Budget 1Healthcare 1

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
MT Senate District 36 current
Montana
 Democratic Jan 6, 2025 — openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 36
Montana
 Democratic Jan 4, 2021 Jan 1, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT House District 77
Montana
 Democratic — Jan 2, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (3,185 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HB 512 — Require seat belts on newly purchased school buses Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 907 — Generally revise fish and game laws Nay Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJ 36 — Resolution in support of instruction in reading and writing in cursive Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJ 31 — Joint resolution honoring educational support professionals Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 515 — Generally revise laws relating to school facilities consolidating two existing state special revenue accounts Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 84 — Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 462 — Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 361 — Provide funding to school districts for English language learners Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 866 — Allow the term "emotional disability" to be used instead of "emotional disturbance" as it relates to special education Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 551 — Eliminate reduced-price copayments for school lunch and breakfast Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 340 — Establish Montana's BEST program to bolster educator support and training Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 339 — Fund 6th graders in middle school at high school ANB rates along with 7th and 8th graders Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 168 — Provide state funding for preschool children with disabilities Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 846 — Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 499 — Extend the grow your own grant program Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 869 — Provide for the sudden cardiac arrest prevention in youth sports Yea Apr 16, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 343 — Require schools to provide religious instruction released time program Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 51 — Confirm governor's appointees for state parks and recreation board Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 17 — Confirm governor's appointees for the board of outfitters Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 669 — Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances Yea Apr 15, 2025 fail Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 602 — Require school district personnel to inform board of trustees of reductions in force Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 599 — Revise student data collection laws Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 762 — Require the department of fish, wildlife, and parks to publish a report on river usage Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 557 — Revise education laws related to PIR days and meetings of teacher organizations Nay Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 372 — Revise license fees used for funding of upland game bird enhancement program Yea Apr 15, 2025 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (6 as lead sponsor)