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Sherry Essmann
MT House District 49
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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 49
Montana |
Republican | Jun 11, 2021 | Jan 5, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 52
Montana |
Republican | Jun 11, 2021 | Jan 6, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (3,070 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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HB 336
Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 4546e6a8-8a36-4fd6-abe1-3d2fc04bf3b9 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4546e6a8-8a36-4fd6-abe1-3d2fc04bf3b9 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 516
Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll af5b9784-be06-41c1-973c-8231f6e5a338 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/af5b9784-be06-41c1-973c-8231f6e5a338 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 575
Generally revise the proceedings in which a public defender may be assigned
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Do Pass | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 4d26922b-1974-4748-bf71-6dff9ab02be3 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4d26922b-1974-4748-bf71-6dff9ab02be3 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 462
Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 48b547e7-c621-4af8-93f0-5cb3a70cf67c | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/48b547e7-c621-4af8-93f0-5cb3a70cf67c CC0-1.0 |
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HB 495
Repeal federal mandates act
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 496c274c-fade-4115-9cc4-3b9874669cc5 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/496c274c-fade-4115-9cc4-3b9874669cc5 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 441
Align provisional water rights with final decrees
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll fefdecf8-5770-4c51-a72f-983dee99cd1a | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fefdecf8-5770-4c51-a72f-983dee99cd1a CC0-1.0 |
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HB 458
Generally revise laws related to physician assistants
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 19e6a081-e15a-4909-ab30-e8c6f14a2dc7 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/19e6a081-e15a-4909-ab30-e8c6f14a2dc7 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 485
Revise residential home construction contract laws
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Do Pass | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll c03ed699-1100-4697-97a8-82791b5c1550 | Feb 28, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c03ed699-1100-4697-97a8-82791b5c1550 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 354
Revise penalties for criminal trespass while fishing, trapping, hunting, or collecting…
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 07269029-9ab7-40b1-8038-a99d932ea45e | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/07269029-9ab7-40b1-8038-a99d932ea45e CC0-1.0 |
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HB 480
Revise when a party in a proceeding is entitled to jury trial
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 52f50da0-f89a-43b7-a6cb-d664f068a9db | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/52f50da0-f89a-43b7-a6cb-d664f068a9db CC0-1.0 |
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HB 455
Revise election laws related to COPP deadlines for municipal candidates
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll d3f28dad-32f1-4dc5-915c-1107975a0e7b | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d3f28dad-32f1-4dc5-915c-1107975a0e7b CC0-1.0 |
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HB 488
Allowing a disabled voter to electronically return a ballot
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Do Pass | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll d308ae14-d61e-483b-b35e-0c7128991cdc | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d308ae14-d61e-483b-b35e-0c7128991cdc CC0-1.0 |
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HB 513
Revise laws related to use of name, voice, and likeness of individuals and penalties for…
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 1fee1a82-6093-402c-b94e-664a93644cef | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1fee1a82-6093-402c-b94e-664a93644cef CC0-1.0 |
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HB 423
Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists
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Do Pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 44195c1c-c073-4446-9c1e-e26181b4f7bb | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/44195c1c-c073-4446-9c1e-e26181b4f7bb CC0-1.0 |
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HB 479
Require candidates for office to disclose foreign citizenship
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Do Pass | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll f6a3941e-1e00-4247-a2fa-1b606154b475 | Feb 28, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/f6a3941e-1e00-4247-a2fa-1b606154b475 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 799
Allow property owners to vote in voted levy elections
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to_table | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 88588884-aedf-46e1-9dbf-5c337939114d | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/88588884-aedf-46e1-9dbf-5c337939114d CC0-1.0 |
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HB 785
Revise laws related to manufactured homes
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do_pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 500d3015-a717-41e1-b244-da7b086b006d | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/500d3015-a717-41e1-b244-da7b086b006d CC0-1.0 |
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HB 671
Revise ABLE Act definitions to conform to Montana individual income tax code
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do_pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 6337790f-70b0-4dd3-9319-9b22a8c4f9fa | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6337790f-70b0-4dd3-9319-9b22a8c4f9fa CC0-1.0 |
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HB 652
Eliminate state taxes on veterans retirement
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to_table | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 12202005-7290-47ad-819f-2ec5c5a10b87 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/12202005-7290-47ad-819f-2ec5c5a10b87 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 644
Allow a county to employ a property appraiser for property tax purposes
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to_table | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 1adfa4f0-0b57-48be-9ddd-bf8a315bf8cb | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1adfa4f0-0b57-48be-9ddd-bf8a315bf8cb CC0-1.0 |
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HB 615
Revise allocations of coal trust revenue
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to_table | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll d7ac43ba-7ec5-4569-8357-bd6031e06b0f | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d7ac43ba-7ec5-4569-8357-bd6031e06b0f CC0-1.0 |
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HB 483
Revise laws to reduce property taxes while preserving the current 95 school equalization mills
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do_pass | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll e628a014-351e-4a51-a0e6-5774fe2ad91a | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e628a014-351e-4a51-a0e6-5774fe2ad91a CC0-1.0 |
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HB 746
Authorize counties to adopt noise ordinances
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to_table | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 430d37c8-e4d3-4d86-9a83-56a0d785d277 | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/430d37c8-e4d3-4d86-9a83-56a0d785d277 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 742
Revise nuisance compliance laws
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do_pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 7f3c6d9a-7253-4a5c-a2bb-5d7e52f077fe | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7f3c6d9a-7253-4a5c-a2bb-5d7e52f077fe CC0-1.0 |
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HB 738
Revise procedure laws for county zoning boundary and regulation changes
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do_pass | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 87201d0c-e5cc-44af-bcb8-4c1179a8b1cd | Feb 28, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/87201d0c-e5cc-44af-bcb8-4c1179a8b1cd 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