Bills & Legislation

RULES – Adds to existing law to require the use of AI to review administrative rules annually.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to offer daily recess to students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage public schools to offer unstructured activity breaks for students in grades 6 through 8.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

DIVISION OF OCCUPATONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Adds to existing law to require a temporary moratorium on rulemaking and fees and to provide for the migration of certain administrative rules into statute.

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MEDICAID – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility requirements and verification.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

STATE LAND – Adds to existing law to provide for managed recreation opportunities on state endowment lands.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL – Amends existing law to define terms and to provide that compulsory means cannot be used to limit private sector competition.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Amends existing law to revise certain definitions relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY STABLECOIN TRANSACTION ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Financial Accountability Stablecoin Transaction (FAST) Act to provide for the authorization and use of payment stablecoins.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

MEDICAL ADVANCED HEALING ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Medical Advanced Healing Act.

HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital investments.

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SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding compliance with the law.

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

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding how vacancies are filled for a board of county commissioners.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the powers and duties of the Office of Information Technology Services.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

NICOTINE PRODUCTS – Amends and adds to existing law to establish certain permitting requirements regarding the sale of certain nicotine products, to revise provisions regarding the regulation of certain nicotine products, and to impose a tax on certain nicotine and related products.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish a state property tax and to provide certain exemptions to such tax.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the homestead property tax exemption.

REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

SOLID WASTE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding county solid waste disposal sites.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding notice of lapse or termination of individual life insurance.

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MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to revise the definition of electric-assisted bicycle to clarify what the term does not include.

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WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide an exception to wildland firefighter differential pay.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

STATE AFFAIRS 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

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Information Technology Services for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – Amends existing law to provide that certain substances involving mitragynine shall be Schedule I controlled substances.

STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Amends existing law to establish rules for ex parte communications to and from the Public Utilities Commission and to limit the amount that a commissioner or staff member may receive as a gift.

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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – Amends existing law to authorize the Department of Commerce to use certain tax revenue to fund state institutions of higher education.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

CHILD CUSTODY – Adds to existing law to provide for restoration of lost parenting time.

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CHILD CUSTODY – Amends existing law to provide restrictions for court-appointed professionals.

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CHILD CUSTODY – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for parents’ access to records and information.

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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the Director of the Department of Insurance to serve as the Director of the Department of Finance on and after July 1, 2027.

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HOSPITALS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding continuing accountability for district-converted hospitals.

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HOSPITALS – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding transfer of control of certain hospitals.

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LIBEL AND SLANDER – Amends existing law to provide for punitive damages in cases of libel per se and slander per se.

WAYS AND MEANS 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

BUDGET LIMITS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain limitations of budget requests by taxing district and to provide certain exceptions to such limits.

REVENUE AND TAXATION 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 – Amends existing law to provide for the executive budget document to include certain information pertaining to certain recommendations.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE