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Sherry Essmann
MT House District 49
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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
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT House District 49 current
Montana |
Republican | Jan 6, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 52
Montana |
Republican | Jun 11, 2021 | Jan 6, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 49
Montana |
Republican | Jun 11, 2021 | Jan 5, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (3,070 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 533 — Revise insurance laws relating to wildfire and real property | Yea | Mar 5, 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 | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 401 — Prohibit the sale of lab-grown meat in the state of Montana | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 522 — Provide pesticide warning label laws | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 802 — Revise zoning laws related to the rental of a primary residence | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 784 — Revise distribution of revenue for local government roads | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 782 — Revise local planning board laws | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 764 — Revise public transit laws | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 311 — Require the refund of rental application fees | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 547 — Revise firefighting laws for consolidated city-county governments | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 745 — Require background checks for certain school employees and volunteers | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 594 — Clarify prohibition on power of local government to require additional licensing or permitting | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 212 — Limit liability of agricultural vehicles | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 343 — Require schools to provide religious instruction released time program | Nay | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 530 — Generally revise business laws | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 679 — Generally revised use of public equipment | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 785 — Revise laws related to manufactured homes | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 588 — Defining and regulating motorized scooters | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 535 — Revise the uniform criminal extradition act | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 509 — Revise the quality educator loan forgiveness program to expand eligibility | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 567 — Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements | Nay | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 568 — Provide for the Montana Hunters First Act | Nay | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 490 — Revise civil liability laws | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 490 — Revise civil liability laws | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 514 — Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)
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HB 894
MT · —
Revising property appraisal to use an average value
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HB 308
MT · —
Maintain the county distribution level of metal mines license tax
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HB 902
MT · —
Generally revise Montana SNAP program laws
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HB 27
MT · —
Remove automatic agricultural classification for certain parcels
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HB 87
MT · —
Revising taxation of lands owned by department of fish, wildlife, and parks
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HB 29
MT · —
Revise administration of property tax exemptions
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HB 25
MT · —
Require exempt entities to report beneficial use of property