D Idaho House · District 15A On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Steve Berch

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Session

Total votes

3,483

all sessions

Attendance

95%

176 missed

Lower than 90% of chamber peers

With party

93%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

5%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

2,536

voted in favor

Nay

771

voted against

Absent

176

missed votes

Total cast

3,483

across all sessions

Crossed party

224

votes against own party

This page

3,483

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

H 650

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Adds to existing law to provide for state sovereignty, jurisdictional presumption, and a limitation on federal power.

Absent

Passed

58–5

Mar 5, 2026

HJR 9

EDUCATION – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to remove language allowing for the Legislature to require school attendance and to add language regarding the right of the people to educate their children without government regulation outside of public schools.

Nay

Failed

40–24

Mar 5, 2026

S 1248

STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDERS – Repeals existing law to remove obsolete language relating to the Capital Crimes Defense Fund.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 5, 2026

H 561

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General.

Nay

Passed

54–10

Mar 5, 2026

H 507

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise terminology and to revise provisions regarding restraint and nonjudicial punishment in the Model State Code of Military Justice.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 5, 2026

H 772

INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends existing law to provide for negligent violations.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 5, 2026

H 685

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of a mask or disguise during a criminal offense and to provide for a sentencing enhancement.

Nay

Passed

34–30

Mar 5, 2026

H 562

INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding cancellation and nonrenewal of certain policies.

Yea

Passed

48–15

Mar 5, 2026

HCR 31

LINDEN BATEMAN – States findings of the Legislature and honors the lifetime achievements of Linden Bateman, the author, sponsor, and successful advocate for the law designating “Idaho Day.”

Yea

Passed

64–0

Mar 4, 2026

H 720

MUNICIPALITIES – Amends existing law to provide that cities with 25,000 residents or less may provide for election of councilmen by districts and that cities with greater than 25,000 residents shall provide for the election of councilmen by districts.

Yea

Passed

50–13

Mar 3, 2026