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

H 221

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for teacher certificates specific to a local education agency.

Nay

Passed

53–13

Mar 4, 2021

H 267

WATER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the water management account.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 4, 2021

HCR 8

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES – States findings of the Legislature and directs the Committee on Federalism to study the fair taxable value of certain federal lands.

Nay

Passed

54–13

Mar 3, 2021

H 182

WATER – Adds to existing law to provide for irrigation corporation boundary adjustments.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 3, 2021

H 152

SECURITY DEPOSITS – Amends existing law to provide that a tenant’s security deposit shall be held in a separate account.

Yea

Passed

36–31

Mar 3, 2021

H 203

PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Amends existing law to provide that persons qualified to drive school buses who have retired may be rehired while still receiving PERSI benefits.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 3, 2021

S 1080

APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 3, 2021

H 186

WATER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding notices of claim associated with the use of stockwater on federal land and to revise provisions regarding the director’s determination of specified elements to define and administer the water rights acquired under state law.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Mar 3, 2021

H 261

APPROPRIATIONS – COMMISSION OF PARDONS AND PAROLE – Relates to the appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole for fiscal year 2022.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 3, 2021

H 241

MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the installation of an ignition interlock device, to provide for a petition for relief in certain instances, and to revise provisions regarding judicial review.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 3, 2021