Rep. Jill Cohenour

Tenth-session Democrat from East Helena

Representing House District 83

East Helena, Southwest Helena

Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •

Cohenour previously served in the Montana Senate in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021, as well as the House in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2023.

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Committee assignments

House Taxation

House Natural Resources

House Fish, Wildlife and Parks - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 353: Revise shed hunting requirements Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 354: Revise penalties for criminal trespass while fishing, trapping, hunting, or collecting antlers/sheds/horns Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 512: Require seat belts on newly purchased school buses Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✴️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 513: Revise laws related to use of name, voice, and likeness of individuals and penalties for unauthorized use Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 514: Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✴️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 556: Generally revise usage of artificial intelligence in certain health insurance Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 670: Require a public utility to transfer unused customer-generated kilowatt-hour credits to low-income energy assistance programs Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 897: Generally revise laws related to shed hunting on wildlife management areas Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✴️Senate ⚪️Gov.

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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,117 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.

🥇 77%

of votes cast on winning side

Average for House Democrats is 76%.

🔴 67%

of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans

Average for House Democrats is 66%.

🔵 97%

of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats

Average for House Democrats is 95%.

Cohenour has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 83 election results

Last in-cycle for House election in 2024. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2024

Won by 11% (719 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

Won by 7% (482 votes)

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