Jennifer "JP" Pomnichowski

Legislation

JP passed a law for electronic hunting and fishing licenses, making it easier for sportsmen and women to have their licenses on smart phones and other electronic devices. Learn more

JP is a champion for businesses. After the natural gas explosion and fire in downtown Bozeman in 2009, JP passed a law to protect the value of our entire downtown district, and any other business district that suffers a disaster. Learn more

JP has passed six laws for hunters and fishermen. Learn more

JP voted for all-day kindergarten. Learn more

JP voted for money to clean up contaminants from the new Bozeman Public Library site, a showpiece in our downtown area. Learn more

JP voted for $28 million to renovate Gaines Hall on the MSU campus, the building which houses chemistry and natural science labs, and in which nearly every MSU student attends classes sometime in his or her college career. Learn more

JP passed a law to create the Cancer Drug Donation Program, to make cancer drugs available to patients who need but cannot afford them. Learn more

In 2015, JP and 52 fourth-graders from Longfellow Elementary School in Bozeman passed a law to recognize a new state symbol: a state soil. Learn more

JP carried the bill to place on the ballot the six-mill levy for university funding, a levy that voters have approved since 1947, and passed again in 2008. She carried the bill again in the 2017 session, and voters will decide in the 2018 election to end or extend the six-mill levy. Learn more

JP has voted for greater benefits and services for Montana’s senior citizens, active duty and veterans and retired members of the military, students and teachers and school administrators, workers and unemployed workers. Learn more

JP has voted for a balanced budget for our state. In 2007, she voted for a balanced budget and for an ample fund reserve of $262 million, a savings account for the state to weather hard times. Learn more

JP passed a law to protect your personal information on recreation licenses. Learn more

JP passed a law for Purple Heart recipients and grandparents and grandchildren to fish and hunt game birds for free. Learn more

JP was the only Democrat in the House of Representatives to serve on a special subcommittee to lower or repeal the business equipment tax. Learn more

She voted for Insure Montana, a program in which small businesses can pool together to buy health insurance for their employees. Learn more

JP has passed laws for the protection of your personal information against identity theft, to secure your personal information in state computers, and to protect your personal information on hunting and fishing licenses. Learn more

JP voted to freeze tuition for Montana university students for the first time in twenty years in 2007, and twice again since, making college more affordable and accessible for students. Learn more

JP voted for the Montana Virtual Academy, to make distance learning opportunities available to all school-age children through public school districts in Montana. Learn more

She’s advocated for in-home care, transportation for seniors and the disabled, and to amply fund rural critical care hospitals. Learn more

She’s voted for responsible energy development, energy conservation, and alternative energy. Learn more

Encouraging the creation of high-tech businesses in Montana through  commercialization of their research by offering state matching grants for winners of federal SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovative Research and Small Technology Transfer Research) grants. Learn more

JP passed a law to allow disabled hunters to more easily get disabled hunting permits. Learn more

JP carried the stream access bill in her first session for public access from county bridges, and the bill became law in 2009. Learn more

JP passed a law for youth bird hunting at a discounted price, so more families can hunt together. Learn more

JP passed a law for state matching grants for awardees of federal small business innovative research (SBIR) grants and small business technology transfer (STTR) grants that keep our entrepreneurs, technology, and innovation building businesses right here in Montana, not going out of state. Learn more

JP has carried legislation for more responsible oil and gas drilling, mining reclamation of the land, and protecting water quality in mining and drilling operations. Learn more