The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Married; 3 Children: Ruth, Mark, Steven.
Birth date: 07/29/1935
Birthplace: Moscow, ID
Home City: Moscow ID
Religion: Christian

Education

Doctorate, Education/Experimental Psychology, Montana State University Bozeman, 1967 MA, University of Maryland, 1960 BS, Animal Science, University of Idaho, 1958

Profession

Professor, Washington State University, 1971-1995 Head, Social Science Program, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombia, 1969-1971 Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, 1966-1969 Director/Member, Heifer Project/Peace Corps, Ecuador, 1963-1965 Enlisted, Medical Company, United States Army Reserve, 1953-1961

Committees

Agricultural Affairs
Commerce and Human Resources
Education

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: Nay

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

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: Nay

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

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: Nay

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: Nay

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

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: Nay

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

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: Yea

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

H 542 Authorizes the Use of Motorized Vehicles on Federal Land
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

H 542 Authorizes the Use of Motorized Vehicles on Federal 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: Nay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H 260 Medicaid Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 222 Guns on Campus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

H 104 Teacher Union Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 109 Extends Unemployment Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1007 Labor Organizations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

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

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

HJM 1 Parental Rights Amendment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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: Nay

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

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

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

H 376 Transportation Funding Package
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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

H 376 Transportation Funding Package
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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

S 1148 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 303 Online Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1186 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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: Yea

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

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

H 262 Teacher Compensation Adjustments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

H 246 Gasoline Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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: Yea

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

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: Yea

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

H 657 Highway Project Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

H 581 Highway Spending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Nay

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: Nay

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: Yea

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: -

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

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

H 876 Property Tax Act of 2006
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 777 Serving Alcohol in Movie Theaters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 814 Judge Salaries
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 777 Serving Alcohol in Movie Theaters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 823 State Affairs Building Code Board
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 768 Public Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 663 Medicaid Personal Health Accounts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 703 College Loan Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 751 Math & Science Teacher Loan Program Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 630 School Grounds - Violence
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 610 Highway Distribution Account
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 485 Public Infrastructure Improvement Districts (PIDS)
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 609 Motor Vehicle Special License Plate Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 551 Public Works Contractors Licensing Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 624 School Property Disposal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 551 Public Works Contractors Licensing Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 609 Motor Vehicle Special License Plate Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 582 Breathalyzer Refusal Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 2 Marriage Amendment Ballot Question
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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