Bill > H0744

This bill establishes new rules for how businesses can capture and use biometric identifiers, which are things like fingerprints, iris scans, or voiceprints. Before capturing such information for a commercial purpose, a business must inform the individual and get their consent. The bill also outlines strict rules for how businesses can handle these identifiers, prohibiting their sale or lease unless for specific authorized reasons like identifying a missing person or completing a financial transaction. Businesses must protect this data with reasonable care, destroy it within a year after its purpose expires (unless legally required to keep it longer), and allow individuals to revoke their consent at any time, requiring immediate destruction of the data upon revocation. There are exceptions, including for voice data held by financial institutions and for the development or use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, unless the AI is specifically used to identify an individual. If AI-trained biometric data is later used for commercial purposes outside these exceptions, the rules of this bill will apply, and violations can result in civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation. The bill also declares an emergency, making these provisions effective on July 1, 2026.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ways and Means Committee (House)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0744/