Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

ID Scorecard 2019-2020

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Idaho Legislature in 2019-2020 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Fairness in Women's Sports

Good Vote: Yes

HB500 Fairness in Women's Sports (Passed 54 to 16 on 3/18/2020). Prevents biological males from participating in women's sports.

2. Targeting Credit Unions

Good Vote: No

HB473 Targeting Credit Unions (Passed 51 to 18 on 3/3/20). Changes regulations as related to credit unions, but not financial institutions more generally.

3. Government Data Collection

Good Vote: No

HB432 Government Data Collection (Passed 35 to 23 on 2/28/2020). Creates the Criminal Justice Integrated Data System and the Data Oversight Council.

4. Expanding Public School Bureaucracy

Good Vote: No

SB1029 Expanding Public School Bureaucracy (Failed 20 to 49 on 3/22/2019). Expanding public school administrative bureaucracy in the form of creating a "School Turnaround Committee" in failing schools.

5. Strengthening Concealed Carry

Good Vote: Yes

HB206 Concealed Carry (Passed 53 to 14 on 3/14/2019). Lowers the age limit for concealed carrying of a handgun inside of city limits.

6. Banning Partial-Birth Abortion

Good Vote: Yes

SB1049 Banning Partial Birth Abortions (Passed 50 to 11 on 3/1/2019). Augments an existing ban on partial-birth abortions by updating the code to make the ban enforceable.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Chris Abernathy	D	HD-029A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Jim Addis	R	HD-004A	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Paul Amador	R	HD-004B	80%	+	-	.	+	+	+
Neil Anderson	R	HD-031A	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Robert Anderst	R	HD-012A	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
Randall Armstrong	R	HD-028A	80%	+	-	.	+	+	+
Vito Barbieri	R	HD-003A	80%	+	-	.	+	+	+
Scott Bedke	R	HD-027A	60%	+	-	-	+	.	+
Steve Berch	D	HD-015A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Megan Blanksma	R	HD-008B	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Judy Boyle	R	HD-009B	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
David Cannon	R	HD-030A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Greg Chaney	R	HD-010B	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Richard Cheatum	R	HD-028A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Susan Chew	D	HD-017B	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Chad Christensen	R	HD-032B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Lance Clow	R	HD-025A	67%	+	-	+	-	+	+
Gary Collins	R	HD-013B	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Brent Crane	R	HD-013A	80%	+	-	.	+	+	+
Muffy Davis	D	HD-026A	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Thomas Dayley	R	HD-021B	100%	.	.	.	+	+	+
Gayann DeMordaunt	R	HD-014B	75%	+	-	.	+	.	+
Sage Dixon	R	HD-001B	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Chenele Dixon	R	HD-024A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Barbara Ehardt	R	HD-033A	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Jake Ellis	D	HD-015B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	.
Mathew Erpelding	D	HD-019A	33%	.	.	.	+	-	-
Gregory Ferch	R	HD-021B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rod Furniss	R	HD-031B	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
John Gannon	D	HD-017A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Garner	R	HD-028B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Terry Gestrin	R	HD-008A	100%	+	+	.	+	+	+
Marcus Gibbs	R	HD-032A	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Bill Goesling	R	HD-005A	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Brooke Green	D	HD-018B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Green	R	HD-002B	NA	.	.	.	+	+	.
Steven Harris	R	HD-021A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
James Holtzclaw	R	HD-020B	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Wendy Horman	R	HD-032B	60%	+	-	-	+	.	+
Clark Kauffman	R	HD-025B	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
Ryan Kerby	R	HD-009A	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Mike Kingsley	R	HD-007A	100%	+	+	.	+	+	.
Megan Kiska	R	HD-021B	33%	+	-	-	.	.	.
Tina Lambert	R	HD-023B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gregory Lanting	R	HD-025B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Laurie Lickley	R	HD-025A	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
Gary Marshall	R	HD-030A	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Rob Mason	D	HD-016B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John McCrostie	D	HD-016A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephanie Mickelsen	R	HD-032A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Miller	R	HD-024B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jason Monks	R	HD-022B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Dorothy Moon	R	HD-008B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mike Moyle	R	HD-010A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ronald Nate	R	HD-034B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lauren Necochea	D	HD-019A	0%	-	-	-	.	.	.
Joe Palmer	R	HD-020A	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
James Petzke	R	HD-021A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Douglas Pickett	R	HD-027A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Timothy Remington	R	HD-002B	67%	+	-	+	.	.	.
Illana Rubel	D	HD-018A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Heather Scott	R	HD-002A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	.
Paul Shepherd	R	HD-007B	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Elaine Smith	D	HD-029B	20%	-	.	-	+	-	-
Thyra Stevenson	R	HD-006A	100%	+	+	.	+	+	.
Scott Syme	R	HD-011A	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Sally Toone	D	HD-026B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caroline Troy	R	HD-005B	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Aaron von Ehlinger	R	HD-006A	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jarom Wagoner	R	HD-010A	67%	+	-	-	+	+	+
Josh Wheeler	R	HD-035B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tony Wisniewski	R	HD-005B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Fred Wood	R	HD-027B	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
John Vander Woude	R	HD-022A	100%	+	+	.	+	+	+
Julianne Young	R	HD-030B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Rick Youngblood	R	HD-012B	50%	+	-	-	-	+	+
Bryan Zollinger	R	HD-033B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	3.8%
Republican	77.4%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution