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

Senate

1. Expanding Warrantless Arrests

Good Vote: No

SJR104 Expanding Warrantless Arrests (Passed 17 to 15 on 3/18/2020). Allows police to make warrantless misdemeanor arrests on the supposition of criminal behavior, even if no criminal activity is observed.

2. Targeting Credit Unions

Good Vote: No

HB473 Targeting Credit Unions (Passed 22 to 9 on 3/3/20). Changes regulations as related to credit unions, but not financial institutions more generally.

3. Fairness in Women's Sports

Good Vote: Yes

HB500 Fairness in Women's Sports (Passed 24 to 11 on 3/16/2020). Prevents biological males from participating in women's sports.

4. Strengthening Concealed Carry

Good Vote: Yes

HB206 Strengthening Concealed Carry (Passed 28 to 7 on 3/27/2019). Lowers the age limit for concealed carrying of a handgun inside of city limits.

5. Expanding Public School Bureaucracy

Good Vote: No

SB1029 Expanding Public School Bureaucracy (Passed 22 to 11 on 2/15/2019). Expanding public school administrative bureaucracy in the form of creating a "School Turnaround Committee" in failing schools.

6. Banning Partial-Birth Abortion

Good Vote: Yes

SB1049 Banning Partial-Birth Abortion (Passed 29 to 6 on 2/14/2019). Rewrites an existing ban on partial-birth abortions 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
Jeff Agenbroad	R	SD-013	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Kelly Anthon	R	SD-027	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Steven Bair	R	SD-031	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Regina Bayer	R	SD-021	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Bert Brackett	R	SD-023	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Cherie Buckner-Webb	D	SD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Burgoyne	D	SD-016	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Van Burtenshaw	R	SD-031	60%	-	-	+	+	.	+
Don Cheatham	R	SD-003	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Carl Crabtree	R	SD-007	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Lori Den Hartog	R	SD-022	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Scott Grow	R	SD-014	75%	.	.	+	+	-	+
Jim Guthrie	R	SD-028	50%	+	-	-	+	-	+
Mark Harris	R	SD-035	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Lee Heider	R	SD-024	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Brent Hill	R	SD-034	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Dan Johnson	R	SD-006	67%	+	+	-	+	-	+
Maryanne Jordan	D	SD-017	0%	.	.	-	-	-	-
Todd Lakey	R	SD-023	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Abby Lee	R	SD-009	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Dave Lent	R	SD-033	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Patti Lodge	R	SD-011	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Fred Martin	R	SD-015	60%	-	.	+	+	-	+
Dean Mortimer	R	SD-030	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
David Nelson	D	SD-005	25%	.	.	-	-	-	+
Marcus Nye	D	SD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Patrick	R	SD-025	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
James Rice	R	SD-010	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Doug Ricks	R	SD-034	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
James Ruchti	D	SD-029	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carrie Semmelroth	D	SD-017	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mary Souza	R	SD-004	83%	+	-	+	+	+	+
Michelle Stennett	D	SD-026	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steven Thayn	R	SD-008	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Steve Vick	R	SD-002	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Janie Ward-Engelking	D	SD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Charles Winder	R	SD-020	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Melissa Wintrow	D	SD-019	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jim Woodward	R	SD-001	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Christy Zito	R	SD-023	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Republican	70.1%
Democrat	3.6%

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