# Heather Scott

Heather Scott is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 2A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 2A
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd967aaf-a9d5-4bec-bf7c-cf0aa19d72ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd967aaf-a9d5-4bec-bf7c-cf0aa19d72ca (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

Scott sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.02), from 266 donors and 1,191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 96.1% (84%). 191 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Idaho House 5.1%; rank 3 of 3).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 970: CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURES – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit foreign influence in elections, to require certain reporting, and to restrict the release… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H970/
- H 969: COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS – Amends and repeals existing law to remove the Commission on Hispanic Affairs from Idaho Code. (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H969/
- H 434: PUBLIC UTILITIES – Adds to existing law to prohibit public utilities from using customer funds for certain lobbying expenses. (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H434/
- H 433: GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS ACT – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the Gestational Agreements Act. (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H433/
- H 430: PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to provide that a county may withdraw from a public health district. (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H430/
- H 432: STATE CONTROLLER – Amends existing law to provide that any state agency that knowingly fails to report an agreement may be subject to liability. (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H432/
- H 431: POLITICAL CANDIDATES – Amends existing law to provide that a statement of compensation from the federal government by a candidate shall be filed with the… (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H431/
- H 372: FORFEITURE – Amends existing law to provide for the submission of information regarding forfeiture to the state controller. (in committee, 2023-03-28) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2023/H372/
- H 373: SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE REPORTING – Adds to existing law to provide that the state controller shall establish and maintain a website regarding seized and… (in committee, 2023-03-28) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2023/H373/
- H 317: SALES – Amends existing law to require sellers to accept cash as a method of payment along with any other accepted methods of payment. (in committee, 2023-03-15) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2023/H317/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id3137/
- Campaign site: https://repheatherscott.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepHeatherScott
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.scott.393950
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCijIXGusH362BKg9-A-53oQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-scott-3557b780/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd967aaf-a9d5-4bec-bf7c-cf0aa19d72ca