The Montana Free Press

Sen. John Esp

R-Big Timber / SD 30

Sponsored bills

Showing 3 bills
Probably Dead
Referendum on daylight savings time
Probably Dead
Require provision of DPHHS services in certain counties
Became Law
Generally revise laws related to local government budgeting and accounting

Floor votes

Second readings on Senate floor
74%
of votes with majority of body
84%
of votes with Republican caucus
62%
of votes with Democratic caucus

Statistics calculated for second reading floor votes only. The majority vote percentage figure indicates how often the lawmaker has voted with at least half their fellow lawmakers in both parties. Party vote statistics indicate how often the lawmaker has voted with a majority of members in that party's caucus.

Votes here represent second readings. Some bills are subject to multiple rounds of votes in a given chamber, e.g., an initial "do pass" vote in the House and then a "do concur" on a version of the bill with Senate amendments. All second reading votes are included in statistics, but only the final chamber vote on a bill is shown in the list below.

Showing 19 votes
Bill
Title
Vote Date
John Esp
Outcome (Yes‑No)
GOP caucus
Dem. caucus
General Appropriations Act
4/3/19
NO
18-11
9-11
Long-Range Building Appropriations
4/11/19
NO
20-10
20-0
Establishing "Hanna's Act"
4/14/19
NO
16-14
20-0
Generally revise education funding laws
2/13/19
YES
29-1
20-0
Provide for state employee pay plan
2/13/19
YES
30-0
20-0
Require child support cooperation for food stamp eligibility
3/18/19
EXCUSED
28-1
0-20
Provide for film tax credits
4/15/19
NO
7-23
19-1
Constitutional amendment to define person
4/7/19
YES
28-1
1-19
Generally revise laws related to central committees
3/28/19
NO
7-22
19-1
Require county approval to relocate bison
4/4/19
YES
27-2
0-20
Generally revise infrastructure funding laws
4/8/19
YES
30-0
20-0
Revise the long range building bonding program
4/17/19
YES
21-9
20-0
Generally revise healthcare laws and permanently expand Medicaid
4/14/19
NO
6-24
20-0
Revise aviation fuel taxation
4/14/19
NO
13-17
20-0
Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors
4/24/19
NO
11-18
20-0
Revise taxation of social security income
2/26/19
YES
30-0
1-19
Revise taxation to promote new business and economic activity
4/17/19
NO
23-7
7-13
Establish the Montana energy security act
3/26/19
YES
30-0
2-18
Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants
3/27/19
NO
11-18
20-0

Note: Coloring in the vote outcome column does not currently account for votes that require more than a simple majority to pass. Putting a constitutional amendment before voters, for example, takes approval from two-thirds of lawmakers across both houses. Additionally, bills that authorize state debt must pass with two-thirds supermajorities in each legislative chamber.