The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sherry; 8 Children
Birth date: 01/30/1954
Birthplace: Richland, WA
Home City: Emmett ID
Religion: Mormon

Profession

High School Teacher, present Farmer, present Small Business Owner, present

Education

Teaching Certificate, Boise State University Bachelor's, Political Science, Boise State University Graduated, Dairy Herdsman, Utah State University

Committees

Commerce and Human Resources
Education
Health and Welfare

S 1348 Requires doctors to provide end-of-life care
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 660 Increases judicial retirement contributions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 695 Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJM 104 Urging Congress to Repeal Insurance Coverage of Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 426 Establishes a Program for High School Students to Obtain an Associate's Degree
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

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S 1348 Requires doctors to provide end-of-life care
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 660 Increases judicial retirement contributions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 695 Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJM 104 Urging Congress to Repeal Insurance Coverage of Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 426 Establishes a Program for High School Students to Obtain an Associate's Degree
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SJM 104 Urging Congress to Repeal Insurance Coverage of Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1256 Authorizes the Auction of Big-Game Tags
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HJR 1 Requires a 2/3 Vote for Tax Increases
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1295 Requires Massage Therapists to be Licensed
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1369 Penalties for Failure to Report Hiring or Rehiring of Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 1 Requires a 2/3 Vote for Tax Increases
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1295 Requires Massage Therapists to be Licensed
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1369 Penalties for Failure to Report Hiring or Rehiring of Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1274 Prohibits Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 486 Prohibits minors from using tanning beds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1274 Prohibits Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 542 Prohibits the State from Restricting the Use of Motorized Vehicles on Public Land
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 619 Prohibits Speed Limit Regulation by Local Authorities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 542 Prohibits the State from Restricting the Use of Motorized Vehicles on Public Land
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 45 Encourages the Establishment of Private Healthcare Exchanges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 40 2 Percent Pay Raise for State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 563 Amends Corporate Income Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 481 Repeals Limit on Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJM 10 Urges Congress to Pass Rights of Conscience Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 404 Prohibits Camping on Capital Mall Property
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

H 464 Prohibits local ordinances from limiting oil and gas extraction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 391 Repeals the Presidential Primary Election
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 404 Prohibits Camping on Capitol Mall Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1202 Appropriations to Secretary of State
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1184 Technology in the Classroom
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1181 Post-Secondary Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1182 2012-2013 State Liquor Division Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1181 Post-Secondary Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 298 Response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 260 Medicaid Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 222 Guns on Campus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 187 Freedom of Conscience for Health Care Professionals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 104 Teacher Union Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 109 Extends Unemployment Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1007 Labor Organizations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1006 Right to Work Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 111 Increased Authority for Tribal Peace Officers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 117 Prohibits Enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJM 1 Parental Rights Amendment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 26 Increment in fees for felonies and misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJM 106 Requesting Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Individual Health Care Mandate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 729 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 589 Federal Arms Regulation Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 616 Local Improvement District Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 528 Increasing Health Insurance Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 496 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 391 Opposing Federal Individual Health Insurance Mandate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 376 Transportation Funding Package
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 374 Allowing Diversion of Funds to Virtual Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 376 Transportation Funding Package
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1166 Workers' Compensation Dividend Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1148 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 303 Online Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1186 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 135 Fuel Tax for Highway Maintenance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 138 Allowing Lawsuits for Nonnative Species Attacks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 276 2009-2010 Department of Environmental Quality Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 138 Allowing Lawsuits for Nonnative Species Attacks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 216 Allowing Pharmacists to Refuse Prescriptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 262 Teacher Compensation Adjustments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 214 Voluntary Death Certificates for Miscarriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 246 Gasoline Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 173 Restricting Eligibility for State Retiree Health Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 107 City, County, and Public Hospital Debt Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 655 Tax Rebate for Road Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 680 Community Infrastructure Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 4 Local Tax Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 599 Eliminating the Personal Property Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 4 Local Tax Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 599 Eliminating the Personal Property Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1441 Prohibiting Local Gun Ordinances
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 657 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1393 Non-Compete Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 657 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 594 Amending Property Tax Formula
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 581 Highway Spending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 592 Film and Television Production Rebate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 577 Voter Approval of Local Improvement District Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 579 Voter-Mandated Property Tax Limitations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 586 State Administered Vehicle Emissions Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 577 Voter Approval of Local Improvement District Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 579 Voter-Mandated Property Tax Limitations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 586 State Administered Vehicle Emissions Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 588 Food Tax Credit Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 561 Tax Exemptions for the Processing of Fuel for Energy Production
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 49 State Employee Pay Raise
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 562 Tax Exemption for New Capital Investments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 561 Tax Exemptions for the Processing of Fuel for Energy Production
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 562 Tax Exemption for New Capital Investments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 561 Tax Exemptions for the Processing of Fuel for Energy Production
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 562 Tax Exemption for New Capital Investments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 561 Tax Exemptions for the Processing of Fuel for Energy Production
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 562 Tax Exemption for New Capital Investments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCR 49 State Employee Pay Raise
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 503 Scholarships for Drug-Free Students
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 348 Legalizing Alcohol Sales on Election Day
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 366 Driver's License Residency Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 336 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 81 Income Tax Credit for Food
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 121 Smoking Ban in Bowling Alleys
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 81 Income Tax Credit for Food
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 81 Income Tax Credit for Food
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1172 English as the Official Language
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 121 Smoking Ban in Bowling Alleys
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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