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IdahoS 13262026 regular legislative sessionSenateWALLET
PROPERTY RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding property rights protection.
Sponsored By: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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Owners get $1,000 per knowing violation
If a government agent knowingly violates this law, the owner or lessee gets $1,000 for each violation. You can also sue for your actual damages and ask a judge to stop it. The winner in court can recover reasonable lawyer fees and costs. The county prosecutor or you can bring the case. The $1,000 penalty does not apply to sheriffs, city police, or Idaho State Police.
Feds must tell sheriff before land searches
Federal agents must tell the county sheriff before they carry out a search warrant on private land. They do not have to give notice when an emergency makes notice impractical.
Stricter entry rules on private land
Government agents cannot enter private land that is not open to the public without a warrant, an emergency, or your consent. This rule covers nonpublic areas outside a home and its immediate area. Agents may walk to your front door like any visitor, but they cannot search or watch beyond what is visible from a public place. If you ask them to leave, they must go unless another law lets them stay.
Criminal shield for agents acting in good faith
A government agent is not prosecuted for trespass if they enter in good faith on a valid warrant, during an emergency, with lawful consent, or as allowed by the front‑door and exception rules in this chapter. This protects agents who follow these limits from criminal charges under the trespass law.
Exceptions that still allow entry
This law keeps several exceptions. Agents may investigate from public places and respond to emergencies. They may enter only as needed to serve civil papers or do welfare checks. Water-rights work, watermaster duties, ditch and canal easements, lawful aerial observation, noxious weed control, and abatement district entry remain allowed. The law does not change rules for homes and their nearby area (curtilage).
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Alfieri & Boyle
Affiliation unavailable
Mark Harris
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/23/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 65 • No: 3
Senate vote • 3/9/2026
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 30 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/31/26 Session Law Chapter 261 Effective: 03/31/2026
4/1/2026Reported delivered to Governor at 10:42 a.m. on 03/25/26
3/25/2026Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/25/2026Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/24/2026HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/24/2026SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/23/2026SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-3-2 Floor Sponsors - Alfieri & Boyle
3/23/2026HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 23, 2026
3/20/2026HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/19/2026HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/18/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/17/2026HouseBill Previously Held at Desk, Referred to State Affairs
3/12/2026HouseRead First Time, Held at Desk
3/10/2026HouseReceived from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
3/10/2026HouseRead third time in full as amended – PASSED - 30-5-0
3/9/2026SenateRetained on calendar
3/9/2026SenateRead second time as amended, filed for Third reading
3/6/2026SenateRead first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
3/5/2026SenateReported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
3/5/2026SenateAmendments reported printed
3/5/2026SenateAmendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
3/4/2026SenateReported out without recommendation, as amended
3/4/2026SenatePlaced in the Committee of the Whole
3/4/2026SenateReported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
3/2/2026SenateReported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2/19/2026Senate
Bill Text
Amendment
Bill Text
Engrossment 1
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