2025 ID Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Idaho Legislature in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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Senate Votes
S1198 prohibits “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies or activities at public institutions of higher education.
The Senate passed S1198 on April 4, 2025, by a vote of 23 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement promotes divisive myths and false historical narratives propagated by critical race theorists, feminists, and LGBTQIA+ activists. It is nothing but a modern and subtle outgrowth of efforts by earlier Marxist radicals to alter or destroy the American way of life through a “long march through the institutions.” The goal is a complete disruption of our moral, social, political order so as to impose conformity on citizens and end all opposition to the welfare state—the modus operandi of totalitarian regimes for centuries. Justice in the hands of “social justice” warriors seeking parity in every aspect of life will only lead to tyranny. DEI must die, along with any other vain attempts to compel “equal outcomes.” Our Constitution’s Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment were written to promote the “general Welfare” of all Americans by means of securing each person’s “unalienable Rights” to life, liberty, and property.
H135 makes illegal aliens ineligible for certain "public benefits."
The Senate passed H135 on April 1, 2025, by a vote of 26 to 9. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because illegal aliens ought to be deported from the United States. They should not be given sanctuary or residency in Idaho or elsewhere in the country, let alone receive any federal, state, or local "public benefits." Moreover, taxation in the name of "social welfare" is neither just nor charitable, for both citizen and non-citizen alike. Rather than pursue blatantly anti-American policies that undermine the rule of law and erode the true privileges and value of citizenship, each of the several States should use its sovereign powers under the 10th Amendment to stop illegal migration and provide for the public safety.
S1199 would exempt informed parental consent for health care in situations that involve a minor child who is “pregnant or has a child,” has a “psychological illness or injury,” or is “accessing the services of the Idaho crisis and suicide hotline.” The Senate passed S1199 on March 31, 2025, by a vote of 26 to 9. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill egregiously restricts a parent’s ability to make medical decisions for their minor child—not matter how young—if that child is (or claims to be) pregnant or experiencing a “mental health crisis.” In addition, it does not prevent the preemptive use of hormonal birth-control drugs or devices, particularly high-dose “morning-after” pills (e.g., Plan B), which function not only as “contraceptives,” but also as abortifacients, thereby resulting in “silent abortions.” Given that the care of human life is the greatest responsibility of government, Idaho ought to forbid all methods of abortion entirely, upholding the sanctity of life of every person. At the same time, lawmakers must secure the decision-making authority of parents over their minor children. Parental rights, as with all other fundamental rights, are protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
H96 bans state and local governmental entities from displaying the LGBTQ+ “Pride” flag and other non-official flags.
The Senate passed H96 on March 26, 2025, by a vote of 20 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because public display of the LGBTQ+ “Pride” flag should be illegal. Flags are age-old symbols of sovereignty, allegiance, and honor. Unlike the “Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,” the rainbow-colored “Pride” flag represents the “abomination” of homosexuality and other sexual perversion. The anti-Christian and anti-American LGBTQ+movement is part of a rival global totalitarian and invading force that has openly mocked and declared war against the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” In Marxist fashion, it seeks to stake a territorial claim over all of society through a “long march through the institutions,” with a specific goal of indoctrinating young children. Our nation has been warned that “Pride goes before destruction,” and if “We the People” ever forget that we are “one Nation under God,” then we will be a “nation gone under.” This explains why the U.S. Flag Code has always and only required that the U.S. flag should be displayed “daily” at “every public institution” across the country, including “during school days in or near every schoolhouse.”
H37 designates execution by firing squad as the primary method of administering the death penalty.
The Senate passed H37 on March 5, 2025, by a vote of 28 to 7. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the firing squad is a quick, readily available, and cost-effective means of carrying out the death penalty, making it a better deterrent to capital crimes than lethal injection. Importantly, the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment makes mention of “capital” crimes, as justice is the overall purpose of government and certain “infamous” or heinous acts (e.g., murder or rape), demand the death penalty. Criminal codes before and during the time of the American Founding, such as the 1641 Laws of New England, confirm that no one should be allowed to violate the personhood of another or shed innocent blood, for mankind was created in the image of God. Thus, the “due process” and “equal protection” requirements in the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment justly follow the Common Law retributive principle that “the punishment should fit the crime.”
H40 reduces Idaho’s income tax rate on individual and corporations to 5.3%, while eliminating the calculation of capital gains or losses for precious metals.
The Senate passed H40 on March 4, 2025, by a vote of 27 to 8. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the income tax is an immoral, anti-constitutional act of government-imposed theft that takes from people the wages they have rightfully earned. It turns citizens into slaves. A person’s property, including their income, belongs solely to them—not the state. The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment expressly affirm that “No State” shall “deprive any person” of “liberty, or property.” Idaho must reject tyrannical, big government by protecting property rights and guaranteeing “equal protection of the laws.”
