Legislator
State Senator
Chris Trakel
(R) - Idaho
Idaho Senate District 11
Out of Office
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Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
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| All Bills | 76 |
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Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
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| H0001 | House Bill 1 would require that any post-election audit be conducted using a hand recount of ballots. | Senate Third Reading | 02/15/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0004 | House Bill 4 would add prohibitions to Idaho statute based solely on the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's decisions about controlled substances. | Senate Third Reading | 02/23/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0011 | House Bill 11 would prohibit state election officials and employees from accepting or expending money from private or corporate entities. | Senate Third Reading | 02/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0018 | House Bill 18 would repeal a sunset provision that applies to an expansion of Idaho's worker compensation program. | Senate Third Reading | 02/15/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0024 | House Bill 24 would create the "Idaho launch grant program" to provide substantial taxpayer-funded subsidies to Idaho high school graduates for their college or workforce training. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2023 | -6 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0056 | House Bill 56 would redefine the "daylight hours" restriction for young drivers to be from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM. | Senate Third Reading | 02/23/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0061 | House Bill 61 would allow, with restrictions, certain out-of-state mental or behavioral health providers to offer telehealth services in Idaho. | Senate Third Reading | 03/21/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0066 | House Bill 66 would create criminal penalties for knowingly making a false report or allegation of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect to the government. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0071 | House Bill 71 would protect children from unnecessary, life-altering medical procedures by prohibiting medical providers from performing sex reassignment surgery on minors or prescribing puberty blockers to them. | Senate Third Reading | 03/27/2023 | 3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0073 | House Bill 73 would clarify that a licensed counselor can work in Idaho's drug courts and mental health courts, even if the counselor has a past criminal conviction. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0074 | House Bill 74 would create a pathway to occupational licensure in Idaho for individuals with work experience in a state that does not require licensure. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0082 | House Bill 82 would clarify that the production, marketing, distribution, sale, and use of vitamins and supplements would not be subject to federal laws or regulations passed or enacted after July 1, 2022. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0085 | House Bill 85 would allow counties to add an administrative fee to the cost of titling a vehicle. | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0087 | House Bill 87 would establish that if local governments receive more than $80 million from state sales tax revenue for their transportation budgets, there would be restrictions on how they could use the funds. | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0090 | House Bill 90 would allow the date on which a legal notice is published electronically to be considered the publication date of the notice, rather than when it appears in a printed newspaper. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0094 | House Bill 94 would allow a county to destroy a landowner's crops and bill the owner, in the name of combatting noxious weeds, after a notice was mailed to the property, even if the owner is unknown or unavailable. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0095 | House Bill 95 would clarify that animal remedies that include ingredients from industrial hemp are not considered “adulterated.” | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0097 | House Bill 97 would require the State Controller to maintain and publish a list of agreements entered into by and among government entities. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0106 | House Bill 106 would prevent counties and municipalities from prohibiting or restricting certain types of utility connections. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0124 | House Bill 124 would disallow the use of student IDs as a valid form of identification in polling places. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0128 | House Bill 128 would micromanage how vehicle manufacturers and vehicle dealers should handle disputes. | Senate Third Reading | 03/15/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0132 | House Bill 132 would create a "strategic initiatives grant program" to provide transportation funding to local governments. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2023 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0133 | House Bill 133 would allow most parents and legal guardians to provide driver training for their children in lieu of formal driver's training. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0142 | House Bill 142 would require scrap metal businesses to keep detailed records about their purchases of catalytic converters. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0149 | House Bill 149 would permit certain criminal records to be sealed under specific circumstances. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0161 | House Bill 161 would make it more difficult for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to refrain from enforcing statutory work requirements for some food stamp recipients. | Senate Third Reading | 03/24/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0168 | House Bill 168 would require the Department of Labor to perform routine cross-checks on people seeking or receiving unemployment. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0174 | House Bill 174 would clarify that agency policy statements and guidance documents do not have the “force and effect of law." | Senate Third Reading | 03/29/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0179 | House Bill 179 would protect the integrity of Idaho's elections by prohibiting county elections offices from using "ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting" to conduct elections. | Senate Third Reading | 03/21/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0190 | House Bill 190 would prohibit the state from depositing public money in most banks or credit unions that boycott firearm companies or several other traditional industries. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0191 | House Bill 191 would prohibit the state from considering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in procurement or contract bids. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0203 | House Bill 203 would remove the statutory cap on how much the state can appropriate to the Public School Health Insurance Participation Fund. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0213 | House Bill 213 would force taxpayers to subsidize the educational expenses of nurses who work in specific areas. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2023 | -4 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0215 | House Bill 215 would allow the Department of Insurance to use expanded enforcement measures against pharmacy benefit managers. | Senate Third Reading | 03/24/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0238 | House Bill 238 would define and prohibit "unfair service agreements" between homeowners and businesses. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0239 | House Bill 239 would clarify that foreign nationals may not vote in most Idaho elections. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0242 | House Bill 242 would define and prohibit the trafficking of minors for the purpose of a criminal abortion without parental permission. | Senate Third Reading | 03/30/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0244 | House Bill 244 would clarify that residents' right to receive visitors while in a residential care or assisted living facility includes in-person visits, and that this right cannot be conditioned on the basis of a visitor's vaccination status. | Senate Third Reading | 03/24/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0286 | House Bill 286 would place some limits on how taxing districts may lobby the public regarding bond and levy elections. | Senate Third Reading | 03/29/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0288 | House Bill 288 would substantially increase a redistributive state income tax deduction for dependent care. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0291 | House Bill 291 would establish government standards for how pharmacy benefit managers should conduct pharmacy audits. | Senate Third Reading | 03/24/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0292 | House Bill 292 would create a school district facilities fund with general fund dollars, which districts could use in place of property tax levy money; allocate certain general fund dollars to property tax relief for most homeowners; eliminate the March election date; and allow more people to qualify for the circuit breaker property tax relief program. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0292 | House Bill 292 would create a school district facilities fund with general fund dollars, which districts could use in place of property tax levy money; allocate certain general fund dollars to property tax relief for most homeowners; eliminate the March election date; and allow more people to qualify for the circuit breaker property tax relief program. | Senate Override Veto | 03/29/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0295 | House Bill 295 would prohibit state and local governments or other parties from establishing a registry of firearms or firearm owners. | Senate Third Reading | 03/29/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0326 | House Bill 326 would require any legislative chamber seeking to intervene in a legal case challenging the constitutionality of an Idaho statute to do so only through the Senate president pro tempore or Speaker of the House, as applicable. | Senate Third Reading | 03/29/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0328 | House Bill 328 would establish that, under certain circumstances, a large data center will be added to the base assessment roll for property taxes in a revenue allocation area, if no bonds have been issued for that area. | Senate Third Reading | 03/30/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0330 | House Bill 330 would cap the existing 40% tax on cigars at 50 cents per cigar. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0340 | House Bill 340 would clarify how one can prove identity and residency when registering to vote. It would also require the state to issue a no-fee state identification card for voters who lack other forms of ID. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0341 | House Bill 341 would make it a felony to receive anything of value derived from another person's engagement in prostitution. | Senate Third Reading | 03/29/2023 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0348 | House Bill 348 would increase the annual salaries of supreme court justices, appeals court judges, district judges, and magistrate judges. | Senate Third Reading | 03/28/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0349 | House Bill 349 would require that new herd districts must be enclosed by fences and cattle guards or gates. | Senate Third Reading | 03/30/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1005 | Senate Bill 1005 would require licensed daycare facilities to be transparent about vaccine requirements by informing parents of their right to exempt their children from the requirements. | Senate Third Reading | 02/09/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1025 | Senate Bill 1025 would replace marriage licenses with the recording of a marriage certificate with the county recorder. | Senate Third Reading | 03/03/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1028 | Senate Bill 1028 would redefine terms describing mistreatment of older adults and expand the role of government in caring for older adults. | Senate Third Reading | 02/21/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1029 | Senate Bill 1029 would prevent government or any agent of government from starting an investigation based solely on on a child's vaccination status and clarify that a child's vaccination status cannot be used as a pretext for terminating a parent's relationship with their child. | Senate Third Reading | 02/13/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1036 | Senate Bill 1036 would reduce the penalty for selling raw milk from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil violation. | Senate Third Reading | 02/15/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1039 | Senate Bill 1039 would impose new regulations on property owners who have renters. | Senate Third Reading | 02/23/2023 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1046 | Senate Bill 1046 would create a carve-out in Idaho's liquor laws in response to a dispute a golf course is having with ISP over enforcing these laws. | Senate Third Reading | 02/21/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1047 | Senate Bill 1047 would create a special carve-out to Idaho's liquor laws, to benefit a single entity. | Senate Third Reading | 02/22/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1049 | Senate Bill 1049 would create a series of escalating penalties for individuals who do not follow posted notices on state land. | Senate Third Reading | 02/22/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1051 | Senate Bill 1051 would clarify the liability of outfitters and guides. | Senate Third Reading | 02/22/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1052 | Senate Bill 1052 would remove prohibitions against optometrists performing certain therapeutic laser procedures. | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1056 | Senate Bill 1056 would amend an unconstitutional statute that says it is illegal for a group to "parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state." | Senate Third Reading | 03/06/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1063 | Senate Bill 1063 would make it illegal to have a barbed wire fence in disrepair. It also revises penalties for related offenses. | Senate Third Reading | 03/02/2023 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1073 | Senate Bill 1073 would make changes to how cities and counties negotiate areas of impact, land on the border of a city where growth and development are expected to occur. | Senate Third Reading | 03/17/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1078 | Senate Bill 1078 would require the Idaho Secretary of State to prepare and distribute comprehensive voter guides for both general and primary elections, and include in them information on candidates for state or federal office. | Senate Third Reading | 03/01/2023 | -4 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1097 | Senate Bill 1097 would create a new fund to spend an estimated $187 million on "Medicaid management information systems." | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2023 | -3 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1108 | Senate Bill 1108 would cap the existing 40% tax on cigars at 50 cents per cigar. | Senate Third Reading | 03/06/2023 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1119 | Senate Bill 1119 would require any legislative chamber seeking to intervene in a legal case challenging the constitutionality of an Idaho statute to do so only through the Senate president pro tempore or Speaker of the House, as applicable. | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1120 | Senate Bill 1120 would significantly limit how holders of liquor licenses may utilize and benefit from those licenses. | Senate Third Reading | 03/09/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1121 | Senate Bill 1121 would expand the list of government jobs that qualify for the valuable "Rule of 80" retirement perk. | Senate Third Reading | 03/17/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1143 | Senate Bill 1143 would allow the Idaho Fish and Game Commission to restrict or prohibit the possession and transportation of shed antlers or horns. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1148 | Senate Bill 1148 would change the way judges appear on the ballot, how members of the Judicial Council are appointed, and how the governor may consider judicial vacancies. | Senate Third Reading | 03/15/2023 | 3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1156 | Senate Bill 1156 would increase the annual salaries of supreme court justices, appeals court judges, district judges, and magistrate judges by $11,228 each. | Senate Third Reading | 03/15/2023 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1163 | Senate Bill 1163 would force smartphone and tablet manufacturers to include and automatically activate strict content filters that limit access to adult content. | Senate Third Reading | 03/23/2023 | -5 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1173 | Senate Bill 1173 would clarify and potentially limit when one can engage in the "defensive display or declaration of a firearm." | Senate Third Reading | 03/23/2023 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1186 | Senate Bill 1186 would double the fee to file to run for president, move the filing deadline to earlier in the year, and require political parties to inform the secretary of state in November if they intend to hold a presidential primary the following May. | Senate Third Reading | 03/23/2023 | -3 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1194 | Senate Bill 1194 would set more lenient liquor license standards for government entities than for private entities. It also creates a special rule for historic theaters. | Senate Third Reading | 03/23/2023 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1194 | Senate Bill 1194 would set more lenient liquor license standards for government entities than for private entities. It also creates a special rule for historic theaters. | Senate Third Reading | 03/31/2023 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| SCR101 | SCR 101 would call on the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to develop a plan and draft legislation to create a state Emergency Medical Services system. | Senate Third Reading | 02/21/2023 | -3 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| SJR101 | Senate Joint Resolution 101 would amend the Idaho Constitution to require that organizers of initiative and referendum petition drives gather signatures from all 35 legislative districts in Idaho. | Senate Third Reading | 02/27/2023 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
Rated Sponored Bills
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