Legislator
State Representative
Chris Mathias
(D) - Idaho
Idaho House District 19
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P.O. Box 83720
700 W. Jefferson St.
Boise, ID 83720-0038
Phone: 208-332-1076

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P.O. Box 8753
Boise, ID 83707
Phone: 208-332-1076
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Economy 50
0
Healthcare 0
-4
 
Civil Liberties 0
-5
 
Constitutional Government 23
-7
 
Education 6
-8
 
All Bills 12
-24
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
H0032 Prohibit Mask Mandates House Third Reading 01/29/2025 1 Nay A vote to prohibit government entities from mandating face masks, shields, or other face coverings to prevent or slow the spread of infectious diseases, with the exception of hospitals.
H0078 Electronic Drivers Licenses House Third Reading 03/11/2025 -1 Yea A vote to create a system to support electronic driver's licenses and identification cards, creating a potential for privacy violations and government overreach.
H0093 Education Freedom Tax Credit House Third Reading 02/07/2025 1 Nay A vote to allow parents to receive a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per eligible student (or $7,500 for students with disabilities) for qualified educational expenses.
H0098 Ban Union Payroll Deductions House Third Reading 02/12/2025 1 Nay A vote to restrict the use of taxpayer funds for teacher union activities and does not allow taxpayer funds to be used to deduct union dues from teachers' paychecks.
H0135 Remove Taxpayer Funded Services to Illegal Immigrants House Third Reading 03/17/2025 1 Nay A vote to curb services to illegal immigrants, ensuring that costly taxpayer funded services like immunizations and prenatal and postnatal care are only given to lawful residents of the United States and Idaho.
H0138 Reigning in Medicaid Expansion House Third Reading 02/19/2025 1 Nay A vote to set certain preconditions on the expansion of Medicaid, including work requirements for able-bodied people and an enrollment cap of 50,000 people.
H0231 Grocery Tax Cover Bill House Third Reading 02/14/2025 -1 Absent This was a vote to pass a bill to keep the Grocery Tax in Idaho, one of only a few handfuls of states that has a grocery tax, rather than repealing it altogether.
H0239 Parental Rights in Education House Third Reading 03/03/2025 1 Nay A vote to require schools to obtain parental permission before providing any instruction related to human sexuality and to allow parents to review instructional materials.
H0240 Free to Speak Bill House Third Reading 03/04/2025 1 Nay A vote to create comprehensive protections for students' First Amendment rights on higher education campuses, including abolishing so-called 'free speech zones' and allowing students to seek injunctive relief and damages if their First Amendment rights are violated.
H0345 Fiscal Responsibility in Healthcare House Third Reading 03/06/2025 1 Nay A vote to require legislative approval before the Department of Health and Welfare can implement significant changes to the state's Medicaid program on matters such as Medicaid expansion limits and creates work requirements for able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid.
H0364 Fake DOGE House Third Reading 03/10/2025 -1 Nay A vote to establish a government efficiency task force of legislators, which is required to meet two times per year to enhance fiscal responsibility and eliminate government inefficiencies.
H0371 Endowment Fund Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/11/2025 -1 Yea A vote to provide an additional $86,100 to the Endowment Fund Investment Board (EFIB) instead of giving taxpayers back their money.
H0373 Division of Financial Management Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/11/2025 -1 Yea A vote to provide an additional $21,100 from the General Fund to be spent on capital outlay for the Division of Financial Management.
H0374 Agricultural Research Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/11/2025 -1 Yea A vote to provide $250,100 in additional spending for the Agricultural Research and Extension Service (ARES) for fiscal year 2026 for 'operating expenditures' and 'personnel costs'.
H0376 Protecting the 2nd Amendment in Public Spaces House Third Reading 03/13/2025 1 Nay A vote to remove the ban to conceal carry in public spaces.
H0398 Restrictions on Petitioning Government for Redress House Third Reading 03/25/2025 -1 Yea A vote to add new restrictions with fines, fees, and penalties which limit constitutional rights to lobby the legislature and its members.
H0445 Dept of Water Resources Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/27/2025 -1 Yea A vote to allocate $31,097,700 from the General Fund to support department operations, including an increase of four full-time equivalent positions and $30M on 'water projects'
H0450 Fish and Game Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/26/2025 -1 Yea A vote for excessive spending on the Fish and Game Department to the tune of $18.985 million.
H0451 Education Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/26/2025 -1 Yea A vote which spends an additional $504,900 on failing public schools while districts hold millions of taxpayer dollars in 'rainy-day' funds that could be used.
H0452 Wasteful 'Digital Learning' Spending House Third Reading 03/26/2025 -1 Yea A vote to spend an additional $3,577,600 on the Idaho Digital Learning Academy
H0454 Division of Teachers Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 03/26/2025 -1 Yea A vote to transfer an additional $1,630,500 from the General Fund to the Public School Income Fund to support its Division of Teachers.
H0455 Wasteful Spending on Green Agenda House Third Reading 04/03/2025 -1 Yea A vote to appropriate an additional $75 million to the Dept. of Environmental Quality increasing the 2025 budget by 45%
H0465 Wasteful Education Spending Slush Fund House Third Reading 03/31/2025 -1 Yea A vote to spend an additional $24.6 million funding to various educational agencies and departments, rather than having separate funding bills for each agency for transparency purposes.
H0468 'Industrial Commission' Wasteful Spending House Third Reading 04/01/2025 -1 Yea A vote to appropriate an additional $570,000 to the Industrial Commission.
HCR004 Legislator Pay Raise House Third Reading 01/23/2025 -1 Nay A vote to solidify a 22% pay raise for Idaho's state legislators, while allowing legislators to donate their pay raise to a 'Tax Relief Fund' if they choose to. Legislators had the opportunity to vote against a pay raise, but took a cover vote to allow them to donate their pay raises back instead.
S1069 More Wasteful Education Spending House Third Reading 03/11/2025 -1 Yea A vote to spend an additional $15 million and requires school districts and charter schools to establish an extended literacy intervention program.
S1108 $5 Billion Department of Health Spending Spree House Third Reading 03/20/2025 -1 Yea Voted for a massive $5 billion Health and Welfare spending bill coming out to a cost of $2,500 per Idaho resident.
S1109 Billion Dollar Spending Bill House Third Reading 03/10/2025 -1 Yea Voted for a $1.4 billion grab bag of further funding to various government agencies including increased benefit costs, personnel spending increases, and contract inflation.
S1150 Excessive Department of Agriculture Spending House Third Reading 03/14/2025 -1 Yea A vote to add $2.877 million in funding to the 2026 base budget for the Department of Agriculture, including $1.05 million in increased employee compensation.
S1165 Increased Behavioral Health Spending House Third Reading 03/20/2025 -1 Yea A vote to add another $261,400 in funding for Substance Abuse Treatment & Prevention, Mental Health Services, and Psychiatric Hospitalization.
S1183 Corporate Free Pass Bill House Third Reading 03/27/2025 -1 Nay A vote to effectively give electric companies immunity from damages caused by wildfires so long as they have an approved mitigation plan with the state.
S1209 Bloated Higher Ed Bureaucracy House Third Reading 04/02/2025 -1 Absent A vote to spend an additional $3.172 million to the State Board of Education and Regents for the University of Idaho system.
Rated Sponored Bills