Bills & Legislation

STATE ASSETS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding who may own certain property, to provide for prohibition on lease or purchase of certain land or dwellings, and to provide for prohibition on access to state assets.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

IMMIGRATION – Adds to existing law to provide for crimes regarding illegal entry into this state, to provide for an order to return to a foreign nation, and to provide for civil immunity for and indemnification of local government and state officials, employees, and contractors regarding immigration.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a wildfire risk mitigation and stabilization pool, fund, and board.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

BUILDING CODE – Adds to existing law to prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan and to provide for preemption of local laws and ordinances.

BUSINESS 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

FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS – Repeals and adds to existing law to prohibit limitations regarding concealed weapons at public colleges and universities.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL PROTEINS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding alternative animal protein labeling, oversight, and penalties.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding covering certain loads to prevent spillage and to provide a notification requirement.

TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

HEALTH – Adds to existing law to limit the jurisdiction of the World Health Organization in Idaho.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS – Repeals existing law relating to the prohibition on unorganized associations and parades.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION – States findings of the Legislature and rejects the rate of legislative compensation set by the Citizens’ Committee on Legislative Compensation.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

NURSES – Amends existing law to revise a definition.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

PUBLIC NOTICES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the electronic publication of public notices on the State Controller’s website and to revise provisions regarding publication by first class mail.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for reimbursement for parents or legal guardians for costs related to self-directed learner students.

EDUCATION 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

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to require public school districts to adopt certain safety protocols.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION – States findings of the Legislature and provides that individual legislative members may donate all or a portion of their compensation to the tax relief fund.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

HEALTH – Amends and adds to existing law to clarify the medical rights of Idahoans.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to allow public schools to display only certain flags and banners on school property and to prohibit schools from displaying certain flags and banners.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

FLAGS – Amends existing law to provide that a governmental entity shall only display certain flags.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

SAFETY AND PRIVACY – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding safety and privacy in certain covered entities and to provide for remedies.

JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Amends and repeals existing law to end eligibility for Medicaid for certain persons.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to develop sudden cardiac arrest prevention training and to require school districts to establish certain policies for the discipline of coaches.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding professional service fees for certain contracts.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

STATE ASSETS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding who may own certain property, to provide for prohibition on lease or purchase of certain land or dwellings, and to provide for prohibition on access to state assets.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

MARRIAGE – States findings of the Legislature and calls upon the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

FOOD TAX CREDITS AND REFUNDS – Amends existing law to increase the food tax credit, to provide an alternative tax credit for the actual amount paid by taxpayers on food purchases, and to provide for certain agreements to share information.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

PLASTIC BAGS – Repeals existing law preempting local regulation of auxiliary containers, including plastic bags.

Ilana RubelDemocrat

VOTERS – Amends existing law to provide for automatic voter registration through the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Ilana RubelDemocrat

PHYSICIANS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for assistant physicians and to provide for general practice licensure under certain circumstances.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Amends existing law to provide that certain value-based payment agreements align with the fiscal year.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

INSURANCE – Amends existing law to provide additional exceptions to insurance discrimination and rebate provisions for value-added products or services.

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

PROPERTY TAX RELIEF – Amends existing law to provide for property tax relief.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

MINIMUM WAGE – Amends existing law to remove language prohibiting a political subdivision from enacting a minimum wage that is higher than the state minimum wage.

Ilana RubelDemocrat

WATER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding water districts, assessments, and measuring devices.

RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

IMMUNIZATIONS – Adds to existing law to establish a moratorium on certain uses of human gene therapy products.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

RULE APPROVAL – SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – States findings of the Legislature and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho State Police, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the Idaho Secretary of State, the Department of Administration, and the Idaho State Lottery have been reviewed and approved by the Senate State Affairs Committee, with exceptions.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

IMMIGRATION COOPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for cooperation with federal authorities, to provide for cooperation with immigration detainers, to provide for the crime of unlawful presence of a dangerous illegal alien, and to provide for the crime of smuggling a dangerous illegal alien.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that the governor may veto certain initiative petitions approved by the voters and for voters to override a governor’s veto.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to require a unique alphanumeric identifier to be printed on each election ballot.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ELECTIONS – Adds to existing law to provide that only citizens of the United States may vote in public elections and to provide certain penalties for violations.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS – Amends existing law to provide that fingerprint-based criminal history background checks shall be submitted if required by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to require an updated fiscal impact statement for initiative petitions and to revise certain filing deadlines.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise terminology and to revise provisions regarding restraint and nonjudicial punishment in the Model State Code of Military Justice.

TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION – Amends existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Administration may provide certain services to cities.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

VETERINARY PRACTICES – Amends existing law to revise a provision related to veterinary medical practice ownership.

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE