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IdahoH 05602026 regular legislative sessionHouseWALLET
JURIES – Amends existing law to allow prospective jurors in certain circumstances to volunteer as poll workers in lieu of serving on a jury.
Sponsored By: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
JURIES
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Volunteer at polls instead of jury duty
Beginning July 1, 2026, if your county lacks poll workers, the court can offer you a volunteer spot instead of jury duty. The offer only goes to people who asked to be excused or to postpone under the law’s jury rules. If you accept and finish the work to the county clerk’s standards, you are excused from jury duty for two years. If you accept but do not finish, you go back on the jury list. Slots are limited to the number the clerk requests, and the court decides who gets them.
Fewer ways to avoid jury duty
Beginning July 1, 2026, Idaho sharply limits jury exemptions. Courts cannot grant exemptions to qualified prospective jurors except under the law’s volunteer election-service pathway. If you are not covered by that narrow rule, you cannot claim an exemption.
Pay rules for election workers
Beginning July 1, 2026, county boards must set pay for election workers at or above the state minimum wage. This wage floor does not apply to people volunteering under the jury-duty alternative in section 2-212. Paid election staff keep the minimum pay rule. Volunteers may receive less pay or none.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Joe Alfieri
Republican • House
Phil Hart
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/16/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 2/26/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 68 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 59 Effective: 07/01/2026
3/20/2026Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026
3/19/2026Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/18/2026SenateReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/17/2026HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0
3/16/2026HouseRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/10/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/9/2026HouseReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
2/27/2026SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2
2/26/2026HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
2/25/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2/24/2026HouseReported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
1/30/2026HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
1/29/2026House
Bill Text
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