Bills & Legislation

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the counting and adjudication of ballots.

JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

JOINT RULES – Proposes a new Joint Rule 24 to designate certain days as constituent days during regular legislative sessions.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION FUNDS – States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and the State Treasurer to return rural health transformation funds to the United States Treasury.

Lucas B. CaylerRepublican

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

Clint HostetlerRepublican

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURES – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit foreign influence in elections, to require certain reporting, and to restrict the release of certain donor information.

Heather ScottRepublican

APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS – Amends and repeals existing law to remove the Commission on Hispanic Affairs from Idaho Code.

Heather ScottRepublican

TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to expand the homestead property tax exemption, to increase the sales tax rate, and to direct sales tax revenue to taxing districts to replace property tax revenue lost from the homestead exemption expansion.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a return on investment analysis of the Idaho Launch Grant Program.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

HOUSING – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding homeowner’s associations and to provide for joint ownership associations.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

ABATEMENT DISTRICTS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding abatement districts and to provide for optional participation.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

CHILD CARE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding income eligibility for the Idaho Child Care Program.

Ilana RubelDemocrat

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEDICAL SERVICES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding artifical intelligence medical services.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

LITIGATION FINANCING TRANSPARENCY – Adds to existing law to establish the Litigation Financing Transparency, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – Amends and repeals existing law regarding the Office of the Administrative Rules Coordinator and administrative rule review.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

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.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS 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

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

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

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.

WAYS AND MEANS 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

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.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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.

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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

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