⚠️ Party Crossover — 4 Republicans Voted NO
H 686 passed the House 65-4-1 on March 5. All 4 NO votes were cast by Republicans — a rare break from caucus on an ethics-related bill. The Senate passed it 34-0-1 on March 16 with no opposition.
📞 Script for Republican NO voters — Thank them for standing firm
"Hi, I'm a constituent calling to thank Rep. [Name] for voting NO on H 686. Carving out exemptions to Idaho's nepotism law is bad ethics policy. I appreciate that they held the line on that. Please let them know their vote was noticed and appreciated."
📞 Script for Republican YES voters — Hold them accountable
"Hi, I'm calling about Rep. [Name]'s YES vote on H 686, the nepotism exemption bill. I'm concerned that weakening anti-nepotism protections is bad for good government. I'd like to understand why they voted for this. Can you share their reasoning?"
House of Representatives
March 5, 2026
⚠️ No votes — 4 Republicans
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NOR
Beiswenger
NOR
Bruce
NOR
Ehardt
NOR
Raybould
Yes votes — 65
YESR
Alfieri
YESR
Barbieri
YESD
Berch
YESR
Bingham
YESR
Boyle
YESD
Burgoyne
YESR
Cannon
YESR
Cayler
YESR
Cheatum
YESR
Church
YESR
Cornilles
YESR
Crane (12)
YESR
Crane (13)
YESR
Dygert
YESD
Egbert
YESR
Ehlers
YESR
Erickson
YESR
Fuhriman
YESR
Furniss
YESD
Galaviz
YESD
Gannon
YESR
Garner
YESD
Green
YESR
Hall (Stone)
YESR
Handy
YESR
Harris
YESR
Hawkins
YESD
Healey
YESR
Hill
YESR
Holtzclaw
YESR
Hostetler
YESR
Leavitt
YESR
Manwaring
YESR
Marmon
YESD
Mathias
YESR
Mendive
YESR
Mickelsen
YESR
Miller
YESR
Mitchell
YESR
Monks
YESR
Nelsen
YESR
Palmer
YESR
Petzke
YESR
Pickett
YESR
Pohanka
YESR
Price
YESR
Rasor
YESR
Raymond
YESD
Redman
YESD
Rubel
YESR
Sauter
YESR
Scott
YESR
Shepherd
YESR
Shirts
YESR
Skaug
YESR
Tanner (13)
YESR
Tanner (14)
YESR
Thompson
YESR
Vander Woude
YESR
Veile
YESR
Weber
YESR
Wheeler
YESR
Wisniewski
YESR
Mr. Speaker
Absent — 1
ABSR
McCann
Senate
March 16, 2026
Yes — 34 · No opposition in Senate
YESR
Adams
YESR
Anthon
YESR
Bernt
YESR
Bjerke
YESR
Blaylock
YESR
Burtenshaw
YESR
Carlson
YESR
Cook
YESR
Den Hartog
YESR
Foreman
YESR
Galloway
YESR
Grow
YESR
Guthrie
YESR
Harris
YESR
Hart
YESR
Keyser
YESR
Kohl
YESR
Lakey
YESR
Lenney
YESR
Lent
YESR
Nichols
YESR
Okuniewicz
YESR
Ricks
YESD
Ruchti
YESR
Semmelroth
YESR
Shippy
YESR
Taylor
YESR
Toews
YESR
VanOrden
YESD
Ward-Engelking
YESD
Wintrow
YESR
Woller (Rabe)
YESR
Woodward
YESR
Zito
Absent — 1
ABSR
Zuiderveld