Bills & Legislation

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

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize water districts to charge certain fees.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

IRRIGATION – Amends existing law regarding irrigation conduits and rights-of-way.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

ENERGY RESOURCES FUND – Amends existing law to revise the name of a fund and to revise a definition.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

SINGLE COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the election of commissioners in certain single countywide highway districts.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

BEER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding sales by certain licensed brewers.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

SELF-DEFENSE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding immunity and reimbursement for justifiable homicide and defense of self, others, and certain places.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding resistance by a threatened party.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

HIGHWAYS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding rights-of-way.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding scholarship limitations for certain student athletes at public institutions of higher education.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish a public school social access pass program.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

DIETITIANS – Adds to existing law to provide for Idaho’s participation in the dietitian licensure compact.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

KRATOM – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Kratom Consumer Protection and Safety Act.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

IDAHO PARENTAL CHOICE TAX CREDIT – Amends existing law to revise the total amount of tax credits available in the 2026 and 2027 tax years.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

HOUSING – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding starter home subdivisions.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

HOUSING – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding regulation of twin homes and duplexes.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for regulation of development on religious land.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION 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.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

TRANSPORTATION – Amends and repeals existing law to remove obsolete language.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

RATS – Adds to existing law to declare certain rats a public health and safety nuisance and to require abatement.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding permit and license fees.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

CLOUD SEEDING – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding programs.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Adds to existing law to direct the Department of Health and Welfare to conduct a study of options regarding certain Medicaid programs.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

LIQUOR – Amends existing law to authorize liquor licensure for a distillery in certain instances.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Rural Health Transformation Fund and the Rural Health Transformation Committee.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding limitations on the regulation of short-term rentals.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

JUVENILE CORRECTIONS – Amends existing law to authorize juvenile probation officers to arrest a juvenile probationer without a warrant for probation violations in certain instances.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE ACT – Amends existing law to clarify the existing right of persons licensed to practice chiropractic to prescribe certain prescription drug products.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Rural Health Transformation Fund and the Rural Health Transformation Committee.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

STATE BUDGETS – Adds to existing law to provide for limitations on increases in the annual maintenance budgets of state entities.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE – Amends existing law to provide that certain decedent photos shall be exempt from disclosure and to provide an exception.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement officers and facial coverings.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

IDAHO ONEPLAN – Amends existing law to remove outdated references to the “Idaho OnePlan.”

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

POTATO COMMISSION – Amends and repeals existing law to remove outdated provisions.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to provide for public comment and reporting requirements.

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

VOTERS – Amends and repeals existing law regarding a voter’s affidavit in lieu of identification.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for Lewis-Clark State University.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATE OFFICES – Amends existing law to provide that gubernatorial appointees who are expressly rejected by the Senate shall not be appointed to any position requiring the advice and consent of the Senate for a period of one year following the Senate’s express rejection.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide that no state court shall enforce, consider, or apply any judgment, decree, ruling, or decision of arbitration based on certain forms of religious or cultural law.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

LIQUOR – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding licenses issued to established caterers.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding permit and license fees.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

CIVIL RIGHTS – Amends existing law to provide that freedom from discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity is a civil right.

Melissa WintrowDemocrat

SINGLE COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the election of commissioners in certain single countywide highway districts.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding generative artificial intelligence in public education.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE