Bills & Legislation

WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove certain provisions for verification of lawful presence to receive public benefits.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to provide for dual master electrician and journeyman electrician licensure issuance.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho parental choice tax credit and Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Advance Payment Fund.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

DRIVER TRAINING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding Class D driver’s training instruction permits and Class D supervised instruction permits.

TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

INSURANCE – Amends and repeals existing law to remove the Idaho Small Employer Carrier Reinsurance Program.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

HEALTH – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding breast cancer screening.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Adds to existing law to exempt certain small sellers from sales and use taxes.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

BUILDING CODE ACT – Amends existing law to provide a definition for agricultural buildings and that counties shall not alter the provisions of the section.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Adds to existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall seek a waiver to exclude candy and soda from supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

LABOR – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding employment security laws and to provide for certain administrative rules to be null, void, and of no force and effect.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions that the Department of Health and Welfare has identified as obsolete or superfluous.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the prevention and deterrence of unemployment insurance fraud.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

PUBLIC UTILITIES – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding public utility regulation.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to move the definition of “member of an employer’s family.”

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to exempt certain precious metals from capital gains tax, lower the income tax rate, and exempt certain military benefits from income taxation.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions of the Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to increase maximum allowable burial expenses and to revise provisions regarding transportation expenses.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to increase the maximum tuition for community colleges.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION CLAIMS – Amends existing law to provide for the payment of depredation claims that are deemed possible.

RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

ABLE ACCOUNTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for ABLE accounts in the state and to establish an ABLE account advisory council.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

PERSI – Amends existing law to provide that service as a bona fide volunteer shall not be considered employment or reemployment and to define a term.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to exempt UTVs that are equipped with a roll cage and seat belts from safety helmet requirements.

TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2027.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

WATER – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the delivery of water.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

MINORS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding material harmful to minors.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding irrigation district hearings.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program’s Division of the Idaho Digital Learning Academy for fiscal year 2027.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

DOMESTIC WELLS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the domestic use of water.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Digital Learning Academy.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection districts and ambulance service districts and to revise provisions regarding certain property tax budget limits.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding educational staff, teachers, and certificates.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

PERSI – Amends existing law to revise a date and to remove a sunset provision regarding the reemployment of certain retired members.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding background checks conducted by the Department of Health and Welfare.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility expansion.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – DIVISION OF WELFARE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES – Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding contract requirements for state-supported medical and veterinary students.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to provide for the transmission of certain tax-related documents through secure electronic communication.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

CASH ROUNDING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide certain provisions regarding cash rounding.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding prohibitions against restrictive covenants banning accessory dwelling units and to establish provisions regarding accessory dwelling units in the Local Land Use Planning Act.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho Direct to Consumer Commerce Act.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

VETERANS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding consumer protection of veterans benefits.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

PUBLIC BENEFITS – Amends existing law to provide that verification of lawful presence is not required to apply for or receive crime victims compensation.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

PROPERTY RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding property rights protection.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

UNIFORM GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE