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 1150

APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Agriculture and the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

Yea

Passed

21–12

Mar 10, 2025

H 152

DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the division administrator’s authority to address board and commission cash balances.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 10, 2025

H 207

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for the recognition of the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact.

Yea

Passed

29–3

Mar 10, 2025

H 141

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require all Title IX compliance to be vested in the president of each institution of higher education in the state of Idaho.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 10, 2025

H 133

TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding clean indoor air and prevention of minors’ access to tobacco products and electronic smoking devices.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 6, 2025

S 1105

TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding Don’t Tread On Me license plates and to establish the Idaho Firearms Safety Education Committee. Against party

Yea

Passed

29–5

Mar 6, 2025

H 165

PROPERTY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding abandoned property.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 6, 2025

H 104

BUILDING CODE ACT – Amends existing law to provide a definition for agricultural buildings and that counties shall not alter the provisions of the section.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 6, 2025

H 144

TAXATION – Adds to existing law to exempt certain small sellers from sales and use taxes.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 6, 2025

S 1002

TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to provide for a reduced fee for a four-year class D driver’s license for drivers age 63 and older.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 6, 2025