D Idaho Senate · District 29 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. James Ruchti

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Session

Total votes

1,886

all sessions

Attendance

93%

132 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

1,512

voted in favor

Nay

264

voted against

Absent

132

missed votes

Total cast

1,886

across all sessions

Crossed party

36

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

S 1311

STATE SYMBOLS – Adds to existing law to designate the Idaho cut as the official state cut of Idaho for faceted gemstones.

Yea

Passed

67–1

Mar 21, 2022

H 790

EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide funding for literacy intervention, to provide for a ballot disclosure on the purposes of levy funds, and to provide that supplemental levy revenues may be used only for the purposes identified in the disclosure.

Yea

Passed

39–29

Mar 21, 2022

S 1352

ABSENTEE BALLOTS – Amends existing law to provide for an investigation if an absentee ballot is returned to the county clerk as undeliverable.

Yea

Passed

67–0

Mar 21, 2022

S 1402

APPROPRIATIONS – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Relates to the appropriation to the Industrial Commission for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

54–14

Mar 21, 2022

H 794

APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program’s Division of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Yea

Passed

67–1

Mar 21, 2022

S 1393

APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 18, 2022

SCR 122

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION – RULE REJECTION – States findings of the Legislature and rejects a certain rule of the Department of Parks and Recreation relating to state and federal grant funds.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Mar 18, 2022

S 1391

APPROPRIATIONS – COMMISSION ON THE ARTS – Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Yea

Passed

38–30

Mar 18, 2022

H 785

APPROPRIATIONS – COMMISSION OF PARDONS AND PAROLE – Relates to the appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

64–2

Mar 18, 2022

S 1298

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT – Adds to existing law to provide certain protections regarding automatic subscription renewals.

Yea

Passed

54–12

Mar 18, 2022