# Jason Monks

Jason Monks is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 22B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 22B
- Serving since: 2012-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9808edb1-15b0-4b9b-91d9-91a97ff7bb4b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9808edb1-15b0-4b9b-91d9-91a97ff7bb4b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

86% of Monks’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Idaho, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.01), from 103 donors and 1,188 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 93.5% (84%). 63 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · passage · H 516 EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of teachers unions. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H516/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 978 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H978/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · H 975 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys in the state treasury for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H975/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 974 APPROPRIATIONS – IDAHO STATE POLICE – Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H974/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1438 APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1438/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1247 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1247/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1454 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH SAFETY AND PERMANENCY, AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS – Relates to… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1454/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · H 976 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of funds for strategic initiatives and local highway districts. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H976/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · H 972 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – DIVISION OF WELFARE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H972/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1448 MINORS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding material harmful to minors. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1448/

## Legislation (ID 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 20: GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS – States findings of the Legislature and provides for a joint session of the House and Senate to hear a message from the Governor. (passed both chambers, 2026-01-19) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/HCR20/
- HCR 1: GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS – States findings of the Legislature and provides for a joint session of the House and Senate to hear a message from the Governor. (passed both chambers, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/HCR1/
- H 359: TAXES – Amends existing law to repeal the property tax and to increase the sales tax. (in committee, 2020-01-27) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2020/H359/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2022/rep-jason-monks/
- X: https://x.com/jasonmonksid
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.monks.92
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monksforidaho/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmonks

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9808edb1-15b0-4b9b-91d9-91a97ff7bb4b