Article III — Legislative Department
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Idaho Const. art. III, § 1 Legislative Power — Enacting Clause — Referendum — Initiative.
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The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a senate and house of representatives. The enacting clause of every bill shall be as follows: "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho." The people reserve to themselves the power to approve or reject at the pol…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 2 Membership Of House And Senate.
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(1) Following the decennial census of 2020 and in each legislature thereafter, the senate shall consist of thirty-five members. The legislature may fix the number of members of the house of representatives at not more than two times as many representatives as there are senators. …
Idaho Const. art. III, § 3 Term Of Office.
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The senators and representatives shall be elected for the term of two years, from and after the first day of December next following the general election.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 4 Apportionment Of Legislature.
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The members of the legislature following the decennial census of 2020 and each legislature thereafter shall be apportioned to thirty-five legislative districts of the state.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 5 Senatorial And Representative Districts.
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A senatorial or representative district, when more than one county shall constitute the same, shall be composed of contiguous counties, and a county may be divided in creating districts only to the extent it is reasonably determined by statute that counties must be divided to cre…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 6 Qualifications Of Members.
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No person shall be a senator or representative who, at the time of his election, is not a citizen of the United States, and an elector of this state, nor anyone who has not been for one year next preceding his election an elector of the county or district whence he may be chosen.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 7 Privilege From Arrest.
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Senators and representatives in all cases, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the legislature, and in going to and returning from the same, and shall not be liable to any civil process during the session of th…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 8 Sessions Of Legislature.
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(1) The regular sessions of the legislature must be held annually at the capital of the state, commencing on the second Monday of January of each year, unless a different day shall have been appointed by law, and at other times in extraordinary sessions when convened by the gover…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 9 Powers Of Each House.
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Each house when assembled shall choose its own officers; judge of the election, qualifications and returns of its own members, determine its own rules of proceeding, and sit upon its own adjournments; but neither house shall, without the concurrence of the other, adjourn for more…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 10 Quorum, Adjournments And Organization.
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A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as such house may provide. A quorum being in attendance, if either house fa…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 11 Expulsion Of Members.
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Each house may, for good cause shown, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members, expel a member.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 12 Secret Sessions Prohibited.
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The business of each house, and of the committee of the whole shall be transacted openly and not in secret session.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 13 Journal.
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Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall at the request of any three members present, be entered on the journal.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 14 Origin And Amendment Of Bills.
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Bills may originate in either house, but may be amended or rejected in the other, except that bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 15 Manner Of Passing Bills.
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No law shall be passed except by bill, nor shall any bill be put upon its final passage until the same, with the amendments thereto, shall have been printed for the use of the members; nor shall any bill become a law unless the same shall have been read on three several days in e…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 16 Unity Of Subject And Title.
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Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith, which subject shall be expressed in the title; but if any subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall no…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 17 Technical Terms To Be Avoided.
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Every act or joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding as far as practicable the use of technical terms.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 18 Amendments To Be Published In Full.
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No act shall be revised or amended by mere reference to its title, but the section as amended shall be set forth and published at full length.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 19 Local And Special Laws Prohibited.
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The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and constables. For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. Regulating the practice of the courts of j…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 20 Gambling Prohibited.
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(1) Gambling is contrary to public policy and is strictly prohibited except for the following: a. A state lottery which is authorized by the state if conducted in conformity with enabling legislation; and b. Pari-mutuel betting if conducted in conformity with enabling legislation…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 21 Signature Of Bills And Resolutions.
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All bills or joint resolutions passed shall be signed by the presiding officers of the respective houses.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 22 When Acts Take Effect.
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No act shall take effect until sixty days from the end of the session at which the same shall have been passed, except in case of emergency, which emergency shall be declared in the preamble or in the body of the law.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 23 Compensation Of Members.
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The legislature shall have no authority to establish the rate of its compensation and expense by law. There is hereby authorized the creation of the citizens committee on legislative compensation, which shall consist of six members, three to be appointed by the governor and three…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 24 Promotion Of Temperance And Morality.
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The first concern of all good government is the virtue and sobriety of the people, and the purity of the home. The legislature should further all wise and well directed efforts for the promotion of temperance and morality.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 25 Oath Of Office.
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The members of the legislature shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take or subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constit…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 26 Power And Authority Over Intoxicating Liquors.
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From and after the thirty-first day of December in the year 1934, the legislature of the state of Idaho shall have full power and authority to permit, control and regulate or prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, and transportation for sale, of intoxicating liquors fo…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 27 Continuity Of State And Local Governmental Operations.
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The legislature, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from disasters caused by enemy attack or in periods of emergency resulting from the imminent threat of such disasters, shall have the power and the immediat…
Idaho Const. art. III, § 28 Marriage.
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A marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.
Idaho Const. art. III, § 29 Legislative Response To Administrative Rules.
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The legislature may review any administrative rule to ensure it is consistent with the legislative intent of the statute that the rule was written to interpret, prescribe, implement or enforce. After that review, the legislature may approve or reject, in whole or in part, any rul…