# Lucas Cayler

Lucas Cayler is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 11B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 11B
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f51cb798-c8e6-4cb7-954c-6507c0d3d054

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f51cb798-c8e6-4cb7-954c-6507c0d3d054 (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

Cayler sits at +0.99 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.99 (standard error 0.04), from 269 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 90% (84%). 251 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 not voting · 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 6 bills: 6 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 953: CHILD PROTECTION – Amends existing law to provide for a higher evidentiary standard and to require reliable evidence for reports. (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H953/
- H 955: MEDICAL KIDNAPPING – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding medical kidnapping of children and vulnerable adults. (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H955/
- H 954: CHILD PROTECTION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the Idaho Child Protection Central Registry. (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H954/
- H 956: CHILD PROTECTION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding social workers. (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H956/
- HCR 37: RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION FUNDS – States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and the State Treasurer to… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/HCR37/
- H 669: CLOUD SEEDING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding activities. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H669/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership/
- Campaign site: https://caylerforidaho.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Cayler-for-Idaho-61550957282427/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f51cb798-c8e6-4cb7-954c-6507c0d3d054