Bills & Legislation

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

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

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

STATE AFFAIRS 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

RULE APPROVAL – HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – States findings of the House of Representatives and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho State Police, the Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission, 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 House State Affairs Committee, with an exception.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

PUBLIC LANDS – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution regarding state-owned lands.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE – States findings of the House of Representatives and condemns political violence and crimes against the state that occurred in 2025, honors the lives of those killed or injured, and calls on all Idahoans to reject all forms of such violence.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PUBLIC LANDS – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution regarding state-owned lands.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

WEATHER MODIFICATION – States findings of the Legislature and requests federal action.

ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS – States findings of the Legislature and appeals to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention of the states to propose an amendment regarding term limits.

JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL – States findings of the Legislature and encourages the celebration of America250 in Idaho.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

CHILD PROTECTION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding social workers.

Lucas B. CaylerRepublican

MEDICAL KIDNAPPING – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding medical kidnapping of children and vulnerable adults.

Lucas B. CaylerRepublican

CHILD PROTECTION – Amends existing law to provide for a higher evidentiary standard and to require reliable evidence for reports.

Lucas B. CaylerRepublican

CHILD PROTECTION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the Idaho Child Protection Central Registry.

Lucas B. CaylerRepublican

TAXATION – Adds to existing law to provide certain tax and other incentives to entities that build new pipelines in Idaho.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

PROPERTY SALES – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit the purchase of single-family homes by foreign persons.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to provide certain procedures for the credit and refund of certain sales taxes paid erroneously.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS – Adds to existing law to establish protections regarding youth service organizations.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions relating to Medicaid eligibility expansion.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

MEDICAID – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding hospital presumptive eligibility determinations.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

HEALTH INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding enhanced short-term plans

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Prior Authorization Reform Act.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Commission on Hispanic Affairs.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions certain definitions related to sales and use tax.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – Amends existing law to provide that alkaloids found in or derived from Mitragyna speciosa shall be a Schedule I controlled substance.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise and establish provisions regarding prompt payment of insurance claims.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Digital Learning Academy.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

CHILD CUSTODY – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding Idaho child custody laws.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE