Joe Palmer
Score
Complete Vote History
Medical Freedom House
S1210 Medical Freedom (passed 44 to 23 on 4/4/2025). Prohibits governmental entities, businesses, and schools from mandating vaccines, mask requirements, or other “medical interventions.”
Article V Convention House
HCR10 Article V Convention (rejected 26 to 44 on 3/12/2025). Would make three separate applications to Congress to call a “convention of the states” under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
H157 DNA Samples for Misdemeanors (rejected 34 to 34 on 3/7/2025). Would order the collection of a DNA sample from any person who is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, any “serious crime,” including certain misdemeanors.
Constitutional Money House
H177 Constitutional Money (passed 66 to 3 on 2/25/2025). Creates the “Idaho Constitutional Money Act of 2025,” declaring “gold and silver coin” as legal tender.
HJR1 Repeal of Compulsory Government Education (failed two-thirds vote 46 to 23 on 2/19/2025). Would propose to amend Article IX, Section 9, of the Idaho Constitution to remove the provision that allows the Legislature to require public school attendance.
HJR1 Repeal of Compulsory Government Education (failed two-thirds vote 46 to 23 on 2/19/2025). Would propose to amend Article IX, Section 9, of the Idaho Constitution to remove the provision that allows the Legislature to require public school attendance.
HJM1 Urging the SCOTUS to Overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (adopted 46 to 24 on 1/27/2025). Urges the United States Supreme Court to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”
HJM1 Urging the SCOTUS to Overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (adopted 46 to 24 on 1/27/2025). Urges the United States Supreme Court to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”
H585 Ban on Central Bank Digital Currency (failed 30 to 40 on 3/19/2024). Would ban the use of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Idaho.
HJM11 Impeachment Over Illegal Migration (failed 34 to 34 on 3/11/2024). Calls for the impeachment of President Biden over his “high crime of willfully failing to enforce existing immigration law,” and for Congress to tighten border security.
S1234 "Morning-After" Pill Requirement (passed 35 to 34 on 3/11/2024). Requires health benefit plans to cover a six-month supply of prescription contraceptives.
H602 Defunding Teachers Unions (failed 31 to 38 on 3/7/2024). Bars the use of public funds or resources to support teachers unions.
H493 Prohibiting Mask Mandates (passed 46 to 24 on 2/16/2024). Prohibits state and local government from mandating the use of face masks, face shields, or other face coverings to prevent or slow the spread of a disease.
H421 Identification by Biological Sex (passed 54 to 14 on 2/7/2024). Provides a legal definition for “gender” that is consistent with a person’s “biological sex.”
Coronavirus Stop Act House
S1130 Coronavirus Stop Act (Passed 43 to 27 on 3/30/2023). Prohibits certain actions related to coronavirus, including vaccine mandates.
Privacy & Gun Rights House
H295 Privacy & Gun Rights (Passed 65 to 4 on 3/30/2023). Prohibits credit card companies from assigning a unique credit card code to firearms retailers that sell weapons and ammunition.
Childcare Grant House
S1203 Childcare Grant (Passed 43 to 27 on 3/28/2023). Provides $28,025,000 one-time for childcare grants. Additionally, this bill also includes a reduction of $14,394,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare in the Division of Welfare.
Scrap Dealers Act House
H142 Scrap Dealers Act (Passed 63 to 6 on 3/20/2023). Adds catalytic converters to the list for documentation under the Idaho Scrap Dealers Act.
Ranked Choice Voting Ban House
H179 Ranked Choice Voting Ban (Passed 56 to 12 on 3/7/2023). Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting in Idaho.
Sound Money House
H180 Sound Money (Passed 40 to 29 on 3/2/2023). Authorizes the State of Idaho to hold gold and silver reserves.
Voter ID House
H761 Voter ID (Passed 47 to 21 on 3/14/2022). Strengthens the list of required documents to register to vote, to prove applicants’ identity, address, and citizenship.
H675 Prohibit Reassignment Surgery on Minors (Passed 55 to 13 on 3/8/2022). Prohibits doctors from performing sex reassignment surgery on minors and from distributing puberty blockers to minors.
HCR40 Emergency Order Termination (Passed 42 to 25 on 3/7/2022). Terminated the long lasting COVID-19 emergency order implemented by the governor on March 13, 2020, which violated the law by extending the order for longer than 30 days.
Gun Rights House
H475 Gun Rights (Passed 57 to 13 on 2/23/2022). Allows a group of people to assemble with firearms or parade in public with firearms.
Mask Mandate Ban House
H631 Mask Mandate Ban (Passed 46 to 24 on 2/21/2022). Prohibits local governments, health officers or the state from mandating face coverings.
State Sovereignty House
HB454 State Sovereignty (Passed 40 to 30 on 1/31/2022). Forces the state to give up some of its sovereignty and comply with a federal program and all of its subsequent amendments.
HB500 Fairness in Women's Sports (Passed 54 to 16 on 3/18/2020). Prevents biological males from participating in women's sports.
Targeting Credit Unions House
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.
HB432 Government Data Collection (Passed 35 to 23 on 2/28/2020). Creates the Criminal Justice Integrated Data System and the Data Oversight Council.
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.
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.
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.
