Legislator
State Senator
Todd Lakey
(R) - Idaho
Idaho Senate District 23
In Office
contact info
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 83720
700 W. Jefferson St.
Boise, ID 83720-0081
700 W. Jefferson St.
Boise, ID 83720-0081
Phone: 208-332-1328
Nampa Office
Nampa, ID 83651
Phone: 208-908-4415
Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Elections | 0 |
-1
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| Taxes | 0 |
-1
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| Climate | 0 |
-1
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| Education | 0 |
-4
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| Health | 6 |
-7
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| All Bills | 3 |
-14
|
Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0040 | Amends existing law to exempt certain precious metals from capital gains tax, lower the income tax rate, and exempt certain military benefits from income taxation. | Senate Third Reading | 03/04/2025 | -1 | Yea | Reduces state revenue through changes to tax policy. |
| H0041 | Adds to existing law to allow public schools to display only certain flags and banners on school property and to prohibit schools from displaying certain flags and banners. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2025 | -1 | Yea | Limits student exposure to diverse perspectives and represents legislative overreach into local school control. |
| H0059 | Adds to existing law to establish the Medical Ethics Defense Act. | Senate Third Reading | 03/10/2025 | -1 | Yea | Allows health care providers to refuse services based on religious beliefs, undermining patient access and church–state separation. |
| H0086 | Adds to existing law to prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan and to provide for preemption of local laws and ordinances. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2025 | -1 | Yea | Discourages clean energy adoption and removes local government authority. |
| H0093 | Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho parental choice tax credit and Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Advance Payment Fund. | Senate Third Reading | 02/19/2025 | -1 | Yea | Diverts public funds from public schools to private and religious schools without accountability. |
| H0134 | Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding breast cancer screening. | Senate Third Reading | 03/17/2025 | 1 | Nay | Expands funding for enhanced breast cancer screening for individuals at higher risk. |
| H0243 | Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding daycare licenses. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2025 | -1 | Yea | Lowers child care quality by increasing child-to-provider ratios and reducing licensing standards. |
| H0290 | Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding immunizations in daycare and schools. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2025 | -1 | Yea | Rejects evidence-based policies that protect children’s health and safety. |
| H0339 | Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the accuracy of voter registration information. | Senate Third Reading | 03/31/2025 | -1 | Yea | Unnecessarily restates constitutional provisions limiting voting to U.S. citizens. |
| H0345 | Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide that legislative approval is required for certain state plan amendments and waivers and to provide legislative approval for certain state plan amendments and waivers. | Senate Third Reading | 03/11/2025 | -1 | Yea | Shifts Medicaid authority to the Legislature, adds work requirements, and advances privatization. |
| H0368 | Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding medical education programs supported by Idaho state funds. | Senate Third Reading | 03/26/2025 | -1 | Absent | Mandates an unnecessary review of the WWAMI program based on unfounded abortion-related concerns. |
| H0397 | Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding civics instruction. | Senate Third Reading | 04/01/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| S1196 | Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2026. | Senate Third Reading | 03/31/2025 | -1 | Yea | Provides inadequate funding by cutting requested support for digital access and local library grants. |
| S1210 | Amends existing law to establish the Idaho Medical Freedom Act. | Senate Third Reading | 04/04/2025 | -1 | Yea | Restricts private businesses’ ability to protect public health and promotes anti-science policies. |
| SCR102 | States findings of the Legislature and authorizes the Legislative Council to establish a committee to complete a study of Idaho's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Senate Third Reading | 01/22/2025 | -1 | Yea | Predetermines conclusions in a prejudicial, anti-science approach to pandemic review. |
Rated Sponored Bills
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