Legislator
State Senator
Ron Taylor
(D) - Idaho
Idaho Senate District 26
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: 208-332-1353
Hailey Office
Hailey, ID 83333
Phone: 208-831-1726
Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| All Bills | 20 |
-93
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Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0393 | House Bill 393 would enter Idaho into an interstate counseling compact, create a joint public agency known as the counseling compact commission, require a coordinated database and reporting system, and impose fingerprint-based background checks on licensed professional counselors. | Senate Third Reading | 03/07/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0398 | House Bill 398 would prevent the Department of Health and Welfare from seeking or implementing any new Medicaid state plan amendments or waivers without explicit statutory authority. | Senate Third Reading | 03/26/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0399 | House Bill 399 would authorize the Board of Medicine to collect and review data about maternal mortality and require the board to provide an annual summary of the issue to the Legislature. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0404 | House Bill 404 would exempt from Idaho’s public record act certain types of information about the location and activity of wildlife. | Senate Third Reading | 02/29/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0406 | House Bill 406 would impose harsh minimum sentences for possessing fentanyl, including small amounts of substances containing only trace amounts of fentanyl. | Senate Third Reading | 02/15/2024 | -4 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0408 | House Bill 408 would provide limited immunity from liability for aid rendered and other acts or omissions by volunteer ski and bike patrollers. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0417 | House Bill 417 would require state departments and agencies to accept cash payments and forbid them from charging an additional fee for using cash. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0421 | House Bill 421 would create clear definitions of male, female, and related terms, and clarify that gender and sex are synonyms. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0425 | House Bill 425 would infringe on property rights in an acquiescence to the demands of a federal insurance program. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0428 | House Bill 428 would reduce the "desired fund size multiplier" for unemployment insurance from 1.3 to 1.2, which will prevent a large unemployment insurance tax increase that would otherwise occur. | Senate Third Reading | 02/27/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0432 | House Bill 432 would impose felony penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of protected PERSI records. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0433 | House Bill 433 would make it easier for applicants with relevant experience but no formal degree to obtain certain state jobs. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0439 | House Bill 439 would extend by five years the sunset clause for the Idaho immunization assessment board. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0444 | House Bill 444 would eliminate a loophole that allows a county to seize property for delinquent property taxes and retain the surplus value rather than return it to the property owner. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0445 | House Bill 445 would prevent the accrual of interest for a tax deficiency before the deficiency is determined or while is is on appeal before the state tax commission. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0449 | House Bill 449 would impose financial penalties and criminal sanctions on individuals who improperly claim more than one homestead exemption. | Senate Third Reading | 03/19/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0456 | House Bill 456 would give the state controller authority to develop a policy for enforcing transparency requirements that apply to state agencies. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0467 | House Bill 467 would triple the "special assessment" that the board of a water district may levy against a district member who does not comply with a mitigation plan. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0468 | House Bill 468 would establish a rangeland improvement account and instruct the Idaho Department of Agriculture to seek funding to carry out a wide variety of grazing improvement projects. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | -3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0489 | House Bill 489 would clarify and expand upon the rights of patients to receive in-person visits from family and designated caregivers. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0490 | House Bill 490 standardizes statutory requirements for background checks, expands which license applications require them, and allows the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing broad authority to require background checks not otherwise required by law. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0494 | House Bill 494 reorganizes Idaho laws that criminalize human trafficking and sex work, imposes mandatory minimum incarceration periods for certain crimes, including a misdemeanor, and expands the scope of criminal forfeiture. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0498 | House Bill 498 would require websites that contain content deemed "harmful to minors" to perform age verification on users. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0501 | House Bill 501 would clarify the process for filing a lien for medical debt. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0518 | House Bill 518 would increase the penalties for Medicaid fraud. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0532 | House Bill 532 would repeal the six-month waiting period to obtain the state’s no-fee identification card, which is available primarily for voting purposes. | Senate Third Reading | 03/06/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0538 | House Bill 538 would protect the right of students and government employees to decline to use someone's preferred pronouns. It would also prohibit schools from using fictional names or biologically incorrect pronouns without parental consent. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0545 | House Bill 545 would expand the existing prohibition against local rent-control ordinances by protecting property owners from being forced to participate in any federal housing assistance program. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0563 | House Bill 563 would narrow the scope for temporary agency rules and lay out procedures for legislative review of agency rules. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0572 | House Bill 572 would prohibit local governments in Idaho from establishing "guaranteed income programs." | Senate Third Reading | 03/21/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0574 | House Bill 574 would require increased accuracy and transparency for the statements accompanying bond and levy questions on the ballot. | Senate Third Reading | 03/13/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0577 | House Bill 577 requires the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to seek the establishment of a state directed payments program under the Medicaid managed care program. | Senate Third Reading | 03/19/2024 | -5 | Yea | Full analysis |
| H0578 | House Bill 578 would prohibit religious discrimination by the state against adoption agencies or adoptive parents. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0586 | House Bill 586 would require nonresidents to procure a hunting license before collecting, possessing, or transporting antlers or horns from deer, elk, moose, or pronghorn. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0592 | House Bill 592 would create a "depredation of livestock and prevention fund" and authorize spending up to $150,000 per year to compensate validated claims for depredation and $75,000 per year for "conflict prevention and the provision of information." | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0596 | House Bill 596 would impose more regulations and contract limitations on pharmacy benefit managers that operate in Idaho. | Senate Third Reading | 03/19/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0597 | House Bill 597 would protect medical freedom and privacy for 18-year-old high schoolers and for college and university students. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0599 | House Bill 599 would criminalize ballot harvesting. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0601 | House Bill 601 would provide immunity from civil damages to volunteer security personnel of a religious organization so long as their actions do not constitute gross negligence or wanton or reckless misconduct. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0603 | House Bill 603 would prohibit state agencies and departments from donating to nongovernmental organizations or sponsoring their events without written permission from the governor or an agency head. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0604 | House Bill 604 would increase the regulation of electrical contractors. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0610 | House Bill 610 would increase fines and impose possible jail time for certain traffic offenses. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0613 | Bill Description: House Bill 613 would criminalize the act of advertising a product or service that is illegal — under federal, state, or local law — where the product or service is offered. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0617 | House Bill 617 repeals the Syringe and Needle Exchange Act under Chapter 34, Title 37, Idaho Code. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0618 | House Bill 618 would expand the prohibition against tax-related communications from the tax commission or a county, including messages supporting a government program or nonprofit. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0620 | House Bill 620 would preempt most local knife regulations but create an exception for regulating the possession of a knife in a court or public school. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0624 | House Bill 624 would create a new government program to facilitate government-approved improvements to commercial real estate. | Senate Third Reading | 03/21/2024 | -3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0626 | House Bill 626 would tell courts not to defer to agencies’ interpretations of laws or rules but to instead favor an interpretation that limits agency power. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0633 | House Bill 633 would expand Medicaid to offer increased postpartum coverage. | Senate Third Reading | 03/19/2024 | -5 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0638 | House Bill 638 would put the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council in charge of the Strategic Initiative Grant program, moving it from the Idaho Department of Transportation. It also would require large urban areas receiving grants to match 20% of the grant funds. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0645 | House Bill 645 would create special rules for school board recall elections, providing no time for the board or the member subject to recall to challenge the results or process of the election. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0654 | House Bill 654 would impose new regulations on employers who hire prisoners. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0656 | House Bill 656 would provide an expanded opportunity for judicial review of state purchasing decisions that use taxpayer funds. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0664 | House Bill 664 would allow a candidate for office whose action or speech is digitally altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication to seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. | Senate Third Reading | 03/18/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0668 | House Bill 520 would generally prohibit the use of taxpayer funds and government facilities for genital mutilation surgeries. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0685 | House Bill 685 would create a "Medicaid budget stabilization fund," transfer $12 million from the cooperative welfare fund to the Idaho millennium income fund in FY25, and transfer any unobligated general fund moneys remaining in the cooperative welfare fund to the Medicaid budget stabilization fund. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0686 | House Bill 686 would clarify what qualifies as looking for work and require those receiving unemployment benefits to perform more such actions. | Senate Third Reading | 03/21/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0689 | House Bill 689 would impose new regulations on vehicle manufacturers and distributors. | Senate Third Reading | 03/20/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0708 | House Bill 708 would clarify the process by which the state creates a corporation; it also would require improperly created corporations to come into compliance. | Senate Third Reading | 03/26/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0712 | House Bill 712 would shorten time periods and increase penalties in law that have to do with stray livestock. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| H0729 | House Bill 729 would clarify that dedicated highway funds must be used primarily to benefit motor vehicles. | Senate Third Reading | 03/27/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| H0741 | House Bill 741 would expand the definition of "in-demand careers" as it applies to the cronyistic and redistributive Launch Grant program. | Senate Third Reading | 04/03/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1231 | Senate Bill 1231 would use outstanding fines as a pretext to suspend the individual right to hunt, fish, and trap. | Senate Third Reading | 02/21/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1232 | Senate Bill 1232 would require Child Protective Services to notify, in writing, parents or caregivers of their rights if they are under investigation. | Senate Third Reading | 02/19/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1234 | Senate Bill 1234 would require health benefit plans to pay for a 6-month supply of contraceptives at one time. | Senate Third Reading | 02/08/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1235 | Senate Bill 1235 would reduce the terms of library district trustees from 6 years to 4 years for elections from 2025 onward. | Senate Third Reading | 02/06/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1244 | Senate Bill 1244 would significantly expand the free-speech suspension zones around polling places. | Senate Third Reading | 02/06/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1245 | Senate Bill 1245 would exempt pesticide producers from liability under any "provision or doctrine of state law, including without limitation state tort law or relevant common law" as long as they were in compliance with federal EPA regulations. | Senate Third Reading | 02/15/2024 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1251 | Senate Bill 1251 would impose more frequent reporting requirements on federal political action committees. | Senate Third Reading | 02/06/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1252 | Senate Bill 1252 would declare that the policy of Idaho is to not deploy the National Guard for military action unless it is for an action that has received congressional authorization. | Senate Third Reading | 03/04/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1253 | Senate Bill 1253 would impose criminal liability on smartphone and tablet manufacturers whose devices do not automatically activate censorship filters. | Senate Third Reading | 02/12/2024 | -3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1258 | Senate Bill 1258 would generally require a county or highway district to maintain public access to public lands and waters when the county or highway district legally abandons a road or other public right-of-way. | Senate Third Reading | 02/14/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1261 | Senate Bill 1261 would impose limits and regulations on remote work by state employees. | Senate Third Reading | 02/16/2024 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1271 | Senate Bill 1271 would repeal 5 sections of Idaho code and associated IDAPA rules related to the "Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission." | Senate Third Reading | 02/26/2024 | 2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1273 | Senate Bill 1273 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 | 02/26/2024 | -4 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1275 | Senate Bill 1275 would protect employers from civil liability for allowing their employees to carry concealed weapons. | Senate Third Reading | 02/29/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1288 | Senate Bill 1288 would allow certain specially trained chiropractors to return an athlete in youth sports to play after recovering from a concussion. | Senate Third Reading | 03/01/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1289 | Senate Bill 1289 would create a complicated and arduous process for parents seeking to protect their children from being exposed to pornographic content in public schools and libraries. | Senate Third Reading | 02/22/2024 | -2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1291 | Senate Bill 1291 would prohibit the state or its political subdivisions from doing business with most companies that boycott firearm companies or several other traditional industries. | Senate Third Reading | 02/26/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1293 | Senate Bill 1293 would repeal and replace the section of Idaho code dealing with cities and their power to annex. | Senate Third Reading | 03/12/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1293 | Senate Bill 1293 would repeal and replace the section of Idaho code dealing with cities and their power to annex. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1296 | Senate Bill 1296 would prevent the state and local governments from imposing regulations that prevent the holding, mining, and use of Bitcoin. | Senate Third Reading | 04/02/2024 | 3 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1303 | Senate Bill 1303 would reduce transparency for certain government contracts. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1314 | Senate Bill 1314 would allow the state to take money that is sitting idle in its treasury and invest it in physical gold and silver. | Senate Third Reading | 03/11/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1322 | Senate Bill 1322 would impose more burdensome regulations in the name of combatting the possibility of invasive species. | Senate Third Reading | 02/27/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1325 | Senate Bill 1325 is an anti-SLAPP law, which would make it easier for defendants to quickly get lawsuits alleging defamation and other such charges dismissed. | Senate Third Reading | 02/29/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1326 | Senate Bill 1326 would create a new felony called "aggravated driving while reckless" and impose severe mandatory minimum penalties for it. | Senate Third Reading | 02/27/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1329 | Senate Bill 1329 would protect parents' right to make health care decisions for their children and guarantee their access to their children's medical records. | Senate Third Reading | 02/27/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1352 | Senate Bill 1352 would recognize that counselors and therapists have the right not to provide counseling that conflicts with their sincerely held religious, moral, or ethical principles. | Senate Third Reading | 02/28/2024 | 2 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1368 | Senate Bill 1368 would broadly criminalize adoption-related advertising by anyone other than a licensed adoption agency. | Senate Third Reading | 03/04/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1369 | Senate Bill 1369 would add a severe mandatory minimum penalty for vehicular manslaughter under certain circumstances. | Senate Third Reading | 03/06/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1371 | Senate Bill 1371 would consolidate all primary elections on the third Tuesday in April, and consequently impose limitations on political speech during legislative sessions. The filing for the election period is similarly shifted to earlier dates in January. | Senate Third Reading | 03/08/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1374 | Senate Bill 1374 would clarify that the lawful carry of a firearm cannot be suspended on public property that is leased to a private entity unless the property is being used for a private, invitation-only event or an event that charges admission. | Senate Third Reading | 03/11/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1377 | Senate Bill 1377 would require individuals who are paid to gather signatures for initiatives and referenda to identify themselves as such when gathering signatures. | Senate Third Reading | 03/05/2024 | 1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1380 | Senate Bill 1380 would create the office of health and social services ombudsman. | Senate Third Reading | 03/07/2024 | -3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1390 | Senate Bill 1390 would expand the definition of "in-demand careers" as it applies to the cronyistic and redistributive Launch Grant program. | Senate Third Reading | 03/11/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1395 | Senate Bill 1395 would regulate how much a health care provider may charge for medical records. It also would require providers to release records free of charge under certain circumstances, and to provide records within a certain timeframe. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2024 | -2 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1413 | Senate Bill 1413 would broadly define and criminalize acts to falsely report violence or an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 03/14/2024 | -1 | Nay | Full Analysis |
| S1416 | Senate Bill 1416 would move the EMS Bureau from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to the Office of Emergency Management. It would also expand the scope of the program and lay the groundwork for its future expansion and increased spending. | Senate Third Reading | 03/19/2024 | -3 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1428 | Senate Bill 1428 would exempt military retirement benefits from state income tax regardless of the age or disability classification of the retired member or of the widow or widower of such retired member. | Senate Third Reading | 03/25/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1429 | Senate Bill 1429 would create a process to request an occupational licensing authority to waive or modify a licensing requirement. | Senate Third Reading | 03/22/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| S1429 | Senate Bill 1429 would create a process to request an occupational licensing authority to waive or modify a licensing requirement. | Senate Third Reading | 04/03/2024 | 1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
| SJR104 | Senate Joint Resolution 104 would amend the state constitution to impose a 20-day limit on extraordinary sessions of the Idaho Legislature when it is convened upon a written request of 60% each of the House and Senate membership. | Senate Third Reading | 02/01/2024 | -1 | Yea | Full Analysis |
Rated Sponored Bills
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