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

HCR 44

FEE RULES – HOUSE AND SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES – States findings of the Legislature and approves fee rules reviewed by the House Judiciary, Rules, and Administration Committee, and the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.

Yea

Passed

60–5

Mar 18, 2022

H 782

STATE JUDICIARY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding membership of and appointments to the Judicial Council, to revise provisions regarding duties of the Judicial Council, and to revise provisions regarding the salaries of judges.

Nay

Passed

43–24

Mar 18, 2022

H 515

STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to clarify that public health district employees are not part of the state personnel system.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Mar 18, 2022

S 1381

CORONAVIRUS – Adds to existing law to establish the Coronavirus Pause Act to prohibit certain actions related to coronavirus. Against party

Yea

Passed

44–23

Mar 18, 2022

S 1392

APPROPRIATIONS – SPECIAL PROGRAMS – Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Special Programs for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

56–10

Mar 18, 2022

S 1340

THEFT – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “owner.”

Yea

Passed

65–0

Mar 18, 2022

H 787

APPROPRIATIONS – IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT – Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Mar 18, 2022

H 780

PSYCHOLOGISTS – Amends existing law to provide for service extenders.

Yea

Passed

46–20

Mar 18, 2022

S 1395

APPROPRIATIONS – MILLENNIUM FUND – Relates to the appropriation from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for fiscal year 2023.

Yea

Passed

58–8

Mar 18, 2022

HCR 53

HOUSE AND SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEES – FEE RULE APPROVAL – States findings of the Legislature and approves fee rules reviewed by the House and Senate Education Committees.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Mar 18, 2022