All Roll Calls
Yes: 91 • No: 10
IdahoS 11052025 regular legislative sessionSenateWALLET
TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding Don’t Tread On Me license plates and to establish the Idaho Firearms Safety Education Committee.
Sponsored By: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
TRANSPORTATION
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
New committee manages firearms education grants
The law declares an emergency and applies retroactively to January 1, 2025. A new seven-member Idaho Firearms Safety Education Committee replaces the State Board of Education as grant-fund administrator. The attorney general appoints a House member, a Senate member, a county sheriff, and a hunter education instructor. Other members are a certified firearms instructor, a certified national firearms association member, and an enhanced concealed-carry permit holder. That permit holder must be a parent of an enrolled Idaho public school student. Initial appointments are due October 1, 2025; voluntary four-year terms begin January 1, 2026. The committee must meet at least twice yearly and be ready to process applications and award grants by July 1, 2026. It receives no legislative appropriation. The board must collect applications and send them to the committee. Fund money remains available without a new annual appropriation, exclusively for educational program grants.
Drivers face later Gadsden plate access
Applications for Idaho’s Don’t Tread On Me plates begin January 1, 2026, instead of January 1, 2025. Vehicles must qualify for special plates and have a registered maximum gross weight of no more than 26,000 pounds. The fee is $35 for initial issuance and $25 for annual renewal; a sample plate costs $30. With Transportation Department approval and numbering, plates must be bright yellow with a Gadsden flag likeness, centered rattlesnake, and “don’t tread on me” at the bottom. Owners can transfer plates when vehicle ownership changes, subject to transfer fees and new registration.
Schools must adopt optional firearms courses
Beginning January 1, 2025, Idaho school district trustees must adopt an elective firearms safety course. Students do not have to take it, and trustees are encouraged to maintain an in-person course. The course must come from Idaho Fish and Game, a law enforcement agency, or a national firearms association. Instructors from those organizations may teach it. The law removes the separate option for instructors whom local trustees recognize as experts.
Plate proceeds support firearms safety grants
The treasurer sends $22 from each initial plate fee and $12 from each renewal to the firearms safety grant fund. The state highway account gets $13 from either fee; each $30 sample plate provides $17 for grants and $13 for highways. The State Board of Education pays startup costs, including design, and receives repayment from the grant fund’s first distributions. Beginning January 1, 2025, firearms safety plates are exempt from the general highway-distribution rule and annual-report-based plate discontinuation rules. The law removes the proceeds exception for plates benefiting the State Board of Education or its education programs, grants, or initiatives.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Judy Boyle
Republican • House
Tammy Nichols
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/12/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 62 • No: 4
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 29 • No: 6
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/19/25 Session Law Chapter 132 Effective: Retroactive to 01/01/2025
3/20/2025Reported delivered to Governor at 11:20 a.m. on 03/17/25
3/17/2025Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/17/2025Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/14/2025HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/13/2025SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/13/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-4-4
3/12/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/11/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/10/2025HouseRead First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense
3/7/2025HouseReceived from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
3/7/2025HouseRead third time in full as amended – PASSED - 29-6-0
3/6/2025SenateRead second time as amended, filed for Third reading
3/5/2025SenateRead first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
3/4/2025SenateReported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
3/4/2025SenateAmendments reported printed
3/4/2025SenateAmendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
3/4/2025SenateReported out without recommendation, as amended
3/4/2025SenatePlaced in the Committee of the Whole
3/4/2025SenateReferred to 14th Order for amendment
2/26/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
2/20/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2/19/2025SenateReported Printed; referred to Transportation
2/14/2025SenateIntroduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
2/13/2025Senate
Bill Text
Amendment
Bill Text
Engrossment 1
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