D Idaho Senate · District 29 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. James Ruchti

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Session

Total votes

2,361

all sessions

Attendance

92%

189 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

97%

of cast votes

Higher than 94% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 98% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,860

voted in favor

Nay

334

voted against

Absent

189

missed votes

Total cast

2,361

across all sessions

Crossed party

51

votes against own party

This page

2,361

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

S 1259

PROPERTY TAXES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the exclusion of certain Medicaid income for a certified family home provider.

Yea

Passed

50–14

Mar 25, 2022

S 1403

APPROPRIATIONS – EDUCATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program’s Division of Children’s Programs, the Office of the State Board of Education, the STEM Action Center, and the Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2022.

Yea

Passed

43–16

Mar 25, 2022

H 735

COUNTY INDIGENT SERVICES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding county indigent services and finances.

Yea

Passed

66–2

Mar 25, 2022

H 616

CORPORATE FILINGS – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding filings by certain private foundations and charitable trusts.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 25, 2022

H 660

BUILDING CODES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the adoption of the Idaho Energy Conservation Code.

Nay

Passed

49–14

Mar 25, 2022

HR 23

LIBRARIES – States findings of the House of Representatives, affirms the House’s commitment to ensuring that Idaho policy safeguards Idaho children from exposure to material harmful to minors in libraries and K-12 schools, and authorizes House leadership to establish a certain working group.

Nay

Passed

56–7

Mar 25, 2022

HR 22

ETHICS COMMITTEE – Amends House Rule 45 regarding the rules of procedures for the Committee on Ethics and House Policy.

Yea

Passed

59–9

Mar 25, 2022

S 1429

APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022.

Yea

Passed

59–9

Mar 25, 2022

H 826

APPROPRIATIONS – IDAHO COMMISSION FOR LIBRARIES – Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2023.

Nay

Failed

28–36

Mar 25, 2022

S 1422

APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

67–0

Mar 25, 2022