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 357

PUBLIC FUNDS – Adds to existing law to establish the America250 Commemoration Fund and the America250 Advisory Committee.

Yea

Passed

27–7

Mar 26, 2025

H 109

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Adds to existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall seek a waiver to exclude candy and soda from supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

Nay

Passed

25–9

Mar 26, 2025

H 264

PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF WOMEN – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding safety and privacy in certain covered entities and to provide for remedies.

Nay

Passed

27–5

Mar 26, 2025

H 321

PROPERTY RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential real property, to provide for the crime of making false statements to detain real property, and to provide for the crime of fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 25, 2025

H 381

TAXATION – Amends existing law to require the State Tax Commission to provide certain notices to taxpayers regarding the substantiation of deductible expense.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 25, 2025

H 174

MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding motor vehicle towing.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 25, 2025

H 291

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for the establishment of the Idaho High-Needs Student Fund.

Yea

Failed

15–18

Mar 25, 2025

HJR 6

OFFICIAL STATE LANGUAGE – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to make English the official state language. Against party

Yea

Passed

30–3

Mar 25, 2025

H 352

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding parental rights in education.

Nay

Passed

29–4

Mar 25, 2025

H 239

EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions requiring permission for instruction addressing human sexuality.

Nay

Passed

29–4

Mar 25, 2025