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

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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.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
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 2024

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.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
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 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate
House of Representatives

Senate

1. Protecting Cryptocurrency

Good Vote: Yes
S1296 Protecting Cryptocurrency (failed 17 to 18 on 4/2/2024). Would protect cryptocurrency by preventing state and local government from imposing undue or discriminatory regulations against blockchain and other forms of distributed ledger technology.

2. Identification by Biological Sex

Good Vote: Yes
H421 Identification by Biological Sex (passed 26 to 8 on 4/2/2024). Provides a legal definition for “gender” that is consistent with a person’s “biological sex.”

3. Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Services

Good Vote: No

H633 Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Services (passed 24 to 10 on 3/19/2024). Expands Medicaid to offer up to 12 months of postpartum coverage.    

4. Defend the Guard Act

Good Vote: Yes
S1252 Defend the Guard Act (passed 27 to 8 on 3/4/2024). Establishes the “Defend the Guard Act,” which prohibits the Idaho National Guard from being mobilized for active duty combat unless Congress has passed an official declaration of war or taken another official constitutional action.

5. 'Morning-After' Pill Requirement

Good Vote: No
S1234 'Morning-After' Pill Requirement (passed 19 to 16 on 2/8/2024). Requires health benefit plans to cover a six-month supply of prescription contraceptives.

6. Revoking Driver's Licenses of Illegal Aliens

Good Vote: Yes

S1216 Revoking Driver's Licenses of Illegal Aliens (passed 26 to 9 on 2/1/2024). Provides that the Department of Transportation “shall revoke or cancel” the driver’s license of a person who “is not lawfully present in the United States.”

Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
Ben Adams R SD-012 83% ++-+++
Kelly Anthon R SD-027 83% ++-+++
Treg Bernt R SD-021 50% -+-+-+
Carl Bjerke R SD-005 83% ++-+++
Van Burtenshaw R SD-031 33% -+---+
Cindy Carlson R SD-007 100% ++++++
Kevin Cook R SD-032 33% -+---+
Lori Den Hartog R SD-022 67% ++-+-+
Daniel Foreman R SD-006 83% +++-++
Scott Grow R SD-014 83% ++-+++
Jim Guthrie R SD-028 33% -+-+--
Mark Harris R SD-035 67% -+-+++
Phil Hart R SD-002 100% ++++++
Linda Hartgen R SD-025 50% -+-+-+
Scott Herndon R SD-001 100% ++++++
Rick Just D SD-015 17% ---+--
Todd Lakey R SD-023 100% ++++++
Abby Lee R SD-009 17% ---+--
Brian Lenney R SD-013 100% ++++++
Dave Lent R SD-033 80% ++.+-+
Tammy Nichols R SD-010 100% ++++++
Doug Okuniewicz R SD-003 83% ++-+++
Ali Rabe D SD-016 17% ---+--
Doug Ricks R SD-034 67% -+-+++
James Ruchti D SD-029 0% ------
Geoff Schroeder R SD-008 20% -.---+
Carrie Semmelroth D SD-017 0% ------
Ron Taylor D SD-026 17% ---+--
Ben Toews R SD-004 100% ++++++
Chris Trakel R SD-011 67% -+++-+
Julie VanOrden R SD-030 67% ++-+-+
Janie Ward-Engelking D SD-018 0% ------
Charles Winder R SD-020 50% -+-+-+
Melissa Wintrow D SD-019 0% ------
Glenneda Zuiderveld R SD-024 100% ++++++

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party Score
Republican 71.4%
Democrat 7.3%