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2024 Idaho Freedom Index

Bill Bill Name Progress Action Date Votes Vote Rating Comments
H0381 House Bill 381 would amend numerous sections of Idaho code to replace the term "fetus" with the term "preborn child". Dead 01/10/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0382 House Bill 382 would criminalize the possession of AI-generated imagery that appears to depict minors engaged in sexual activity. The bill would also increase the mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual exploitation crimes involving minors. Dead 01/23/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
H0383 House Bill 383 would reduce the amount of time that a medical service provider or its agent has to file a lien against a nonpaying patient with medical insurance. Dead 01/11/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0384 House Bill 384 would require schools and public libraries to take steps to restrict children's access to obscene materials. Dead 03/11/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
H0387 House Bill 387 would double the possible incarceration time for a first-offense misdemeanor domestic violence conviction. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0388 House Bill 388 would set a minimum age of 10 for criminal prosecution except in the case of murder in the first or second degree. Dead 01/17/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0391 House Bill 391 would criminalize the disclosure or threatened disclosure of provocative AI-generated content that appears to be someone recognizable. Dead 01/23/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
H0392 House Bill 392 would narrow the scope of responsibility for Idaho's health districts. Dead 02/23/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0393 House Bill 393 would enter Idaho into an interstate counseling compact, create a joint public agency known as the counseling compact commission, require a coordinated database and reporting system, and impose fingerprint-based background checks on licensed professional counselors. Dead 03/08/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0395 House Bill 395 would expand the prohibition against tax-related communications from the tax commission or a county including messages supporting a government program or nonprofit. Dead 02/21/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0396 House Bill 396 would bar the state and its political subdivisions from requiring people to use face masks or other face coverings to prevent or slow the spread of a disease. Dead 01/17/2024 0 4 Full Analysis
H0397 House Bill 397 would move Idaho's immunization registry from an opt-out model to an opt-in model. Dead 02/22/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0398 House Bill 398 would prevent the Department of Health and Welfare from seeking or implementing any new Medicaid state plan amendments or waivers without explicit statutory authority. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/03/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
H0399 House Bill 399 would authorize the Board of Medicine to collect and review data about maternal mortality and require the board to provide an annual summary of the issue to the Legislature. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0400 House Bill 400 would amend numerous sections of Idaho code to replace the term "fetus" with the term "preborn child". Dead 01/22/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0401 House Bill 401 would impose financial penalties and criminal sanctions on individuals who improperly claim more than one homestead exemption. Dead 01/18/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0404 House Bill 404 would exempt from Idaho’s public record act certain types of information about the location and activity of wildlife. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/12/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0406 House Bill 406 would impose harsh minimum sentences for possessing fentanyl, including small amounts of substances containing only trace amounts of fentanyl. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/26/2024 2 -4 Full Analysis
H0407 House Bill 407 would allow a candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication to seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. Dead 01/25/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0408 House Bill 408 would provide limited immunity from liability for aid rendered and other acts or omissions by volunteer ski and bike patrollers. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0414 House Bill 414 would allow most commercial driver's licenses to be renewed for eight years instead of four, reduce online driver's license renewal fees by $5, and require the state transportation department to check the federal drug and alcohol clearinghouse before completing any CDL transaction. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/07/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0415 House Bill 415 would allow public school employees who possess an enhanced carry permit to carry a concealed weapon on school property where they are employed. Dead 02/01/2024 1 2 Full Analysis
H0416 House Bill 416 would prohibit government from using public money for membership fees or dues, unless required by law or needed by a government employee to maintain licensure. Dead 01/01/1900 0 1 Full Analysis
H0417 House Bill 417 would require state departments and agencies to accept cash payments and forbid them from charging an additional fee for using cash. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/15/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0418 House Bill 418 would create an alternate licensing path for Idaho physicians that does not require entering a residency program. Dead 01/23/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
H0419 House Bill 419 would require the effective repeal of Medicaid expansion in Idaho unless certain cost-saving measures are implemented and reform benchmarks are met. Dead 02/01/2024 0 5 Full Analysis
H0421 House Bill 421 would create clear definitions of male, female, and related terms, and clarify that gender and sex are synonyms. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0423 House Bill 423 would create a "maternal mortality review committee" with at least 14 members selected by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Dead 01/24/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0425 House Bill 425 would infringe on property rights in an acquiescence to the demands of a federal insurance program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0426 House Bill 426 would allow a candidate for office whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication to seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. Dead 02/05/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0428 House Bill 428 would reduce the "desired fund size multiplier" for unemployment insurance from 1.3 to 1.2, which will prevent a large unemployment insurance tax increase that would otherwise occur. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/07/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0432 House Bill 432 would impose felony penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of protected PERSI records. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/12/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0433 House Bill 433 would make it easier for applicants with relevant experience but no formal degree to obtain certain state jobs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/20/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0438 House Bill 438 would require school officials to reference the section of Idaho code listing relevant exemptions when communicating with parents about vaccines. Dead 02/23/2024 1 0 Full Analysis
H0439 House Bill 439 would extend by five years the sunset clause for the Idaho immunization assessment board. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0440 House Bill 440 would impose severe criminal penalties, including incarceration, on those who sell or offer tobacco or vaping products or devices to anyone under the age of 21. Dead 01/31/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0444 House Bill 444 would eliminate a loophole that allows a county to seize property for delinquent property taxes and retain the surplus value rather than return it to the property owner. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/12/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0445 House Bill 445 would prevent the accrual of interest for a tax deficiency before the deficiency is determined or while is is on appeal before the state tax commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0448 House Bill 448 would require websites that contain content deemed "harmful to minors" to perform age verification on users. Dead 02/09/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0449 House Bill 449 would impose financial penalties and criminal sanctions on individuals who improperly claim more than one homestead exemption. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0456 House Bill 456 would give the state controller authority to develop a policy for enforcing transparency requirements that apply to state agencies. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0463 House Bill 463 would prohibit state agencies and departments from donating to nongovernmental organizations or sponsoring their events without written permission from the governor or an agency head. Dead 02/02/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0464 House Bill 464 would authorize the governor to develop and enter into an interstate compact for border security among interested states. Dead 03/12/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0465 House Bill 465 would criminalize the possession of AI-generated imagery that appears to depict a minor engaged in sexual activity. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0467 House Bill 467 would triple the "special assessment" that the board of a water district may levy against a district member who does not comply with a mitigation plan. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0468 House Bill 468 would establish a rangeland improvement account and instruct the Idaho Department of Agriculture to seek funding to carry out a wide variety of grazing improvement projects. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 -3 Full Analysis
H0469 House Bill 469 would clarify that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game rules may not forbid hunters to use certain materials during the muzzleloader-only season. Dead 02/21/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0470 House Bill 470 would establish the office of election crimes and security within the office of the attorney general and grant the AG authority to work with county prosecutors to prosecute those who commit election crimes. Dead 01/01/1900 1 1 Full Analysis
H0473 House Bill 473 would require counties to create agricultural protection area commissions and accept applications from landowners to designate agricultural protection areas. Dead 02/06/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
H0474 House Bill 474 would criminalize intentionally and willfully filing a false damage claim related to pesticide use. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0480 House Bill 480 would simplify the unemployment benefits process. Dead 02/07/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0481 House Bill 481 would clarify what qualifies as looking for work and require those receiving unemployment benefits to perform more such actions. Dead 02/21/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0483 House Bill 483 would set a minimum age of 10 for criminal prosecution, except in the case of murder in the first or second degree. Dead 02/07/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0485 House Bill 485 would create a "depredation of livestock and prevention fund" and authorize spending up to $150,000 per year to compensate validated claims for depredation and $75,000 per year for "conflict prevention and education." Dead 02/15/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0489 House Bill 489 would clarify and expand upon the rights of patients to receive in-person visits from family and designated caregivers. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0490 House Bill 490 standardizes statutory requirements for background checks, expands which license applications require them, and allows the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing broad authority to require background checks not otherwise required by law. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/20/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0492 House Bill 492 would grant recreation districts the authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements for, among other things, collecting and spending money from development impact fees. Dead 02/20/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0493 House Bill 493 would bar the state and its political subdivisions from requiring people to use face masks or other face coverings to prevent or slow the spread of a disease. Dead 02/19/2024 1 3 Full Analysis
H0494 House Bill 494 reorganizes Idaho laws that criminalize human trafficking and sex work, imposes mandatory minimum incarceration periods for certain crimes, including a misdemeanor, and expands the scope of criminal forfeiture. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0495 House Bill 495 would criminalize advertising any product or service that is illegal under Idaho law. Dead 02/08/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0497 House Bill 497 would clarify that someone elected to federal, statewide, or legislative office cannot also serve as an elected officer of a city, school district, or highway district. Dead 03/01/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0498 House Bill 498 would require websites that contain content deemed "harmful to minors" to perform age verification on users. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0499 House Bill 499 would clarify that the production, marketing, distribution, sale, and use of vitamins and supplements would not be subject to federal laws or regulations passed or enacted after July 1, 2023. Dead 02/23/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0501 House Bill 501 would clarify the process for filing a lien for medical debt. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/29/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0503 House Bill 503 would require life insurance providers to abide by policy holder requests to send final notices by certified United States mail, with a signed return receipt, at the insurer's expense. Dead 02/27/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0506 House Bill 506 clarifies how Idahoans may use their property for short-term rentals and allows counties and cities to impose licensing requirements for such use. Dead 01/01/1900 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0511 House Bill 511 would provide immunity from civil damages to volunteer security personnel of a religious organization so long as their actions do not constitute gross negligence or wanton or reckless misconduct. Dead 02/09/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0517 House Bill 517 would provide a path for individuals to seek civil damages when government violates their religious liberty or free speech rights. Dead 02/23/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0518 House Bill 518 would increase the penalties for Medicaid fraud. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0519 House Bill 519 would establish overreaching and unnecessary new crimes of "impeding critical infrastructure" and "critical infrastructure trespass," which could infringe on constitutional rights. Dead 02/09/2024 0 -5 Full Analysis
H0520 House Bill 520 would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds and government facilities for genital mutilation surgeries. Dead 02/27/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
H0521 House Bill 521 would create a new School Modernization Facilities Fund for bonding, shift sales tax revenue to the facilities fund, slightly reduce individual and corporate income tax, and remove the bond and levy election date in August. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0523 House Bill 523 would allow Health Care Sharing Ministry expenses to be paid from a Medical Savings Account and receive the associated tax benefit. Dead 02/29/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0525 House Bill 525 would narrow the scope of responsibility for Idaho's health districts. Dead 03/12/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0530 House Bill 530 would triple the "emergency communications fee" that may be assessed per phone line. Dead 02/12/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0531 House Bill 531 would allow parents and legal guardians who live in a rural school district to provide on-road driver training for their children in lieu of formal driver's training. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/13/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0532 House Bill 532 would repeal the six-month waiting period to obtain the state’s no-fee identification card, which is available primarily for voting purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/13/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0534 House Bill 534 would define electricity as "electric fuel" when it is used by a commercial vehicle, and then impose taxes and regulations on it. Dead 02/12/2024 0 -6 Full Analysis
H0535 House Bill 535 would increase fines and impose possible jail time for certain traffic offenses. Dead 02/12/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0537 House Bill 537 would add an age component to the statute making sexual conduct with a minor a felony. Dead 02/12/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0538 House Bill 538 would protect the right of students and government employees to decline to use someone's preferred pronouns. It would also prohibit schools from using fictional names or biologically incorrect pronouns without parental consent. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0541 House Bill 541 would create a new government program to make it easier to obtain funding for government-approved improvements to commercial real estate. Dead 02/22/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
H0545 House Bill 545 would expand the existing prohibition against local rent-control ordinances by protecting property owners from being forced to participate in any federal housing assistance program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0546 House Bill 546 would impose new regulations on vehicle manufacturers and distributors. Dead 02/14/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
H0548 House Bill 548 would grant cities broad authority to violate individual liberty and suspend property rights. Dead 02/14/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0558 House Bill 558 would simplify the unemployment benefits process. Dead 02/21/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0560 House Bill 560 would clarify that very large financial institutions cannot condition access to financial services based on non-financial information that might be included in a "social credit score." Dead 02/27/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0562 House Bill 562 would provide direction to the courts regarding their review of administrative rules. Dead 02/14/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0563 House Bill 563 would narrow the scope for temporary agency rules and lay out procedures for legislative review of agency rules. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0565 House Bill 565 would allow a candidate for office whose action or speech is deceptively represented through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication to seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. Dead 02/23/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
H0568 House Bill 568 would establish an artificial intelligence council in Idaho state government. Dead 03/04/2024 1 -2 Full Analysis
H0572 House Bill 572 would prohibit local governments in Idaho from establishing "guaranteed income programs." Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
H0573 House Bill 573 would limit the use of absentee ballots to cases where a voter has an illness or disability or anticipates being absent from the voting jurisdiction. Dead 02/16/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0574 House Bill 574 would require increased accuracy and transparency for the statements accompanying bond and levy questions on the ballot. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0575 House Bill 575 would criminalize the disclosure or threatened disclosure of provocative AI-generated content that appears to be someone recognizable. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/20/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0577 House Bill 577 requires the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to seek the establishment of a state directed payments program under the Medicaid managed care program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 -5 Full analysis
H0578 House Bill 578 would prohibit religious discrimination by the state against adoption agencies or adoptive parents. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0583 House Bill 583a would clarify the timeline for establishing residency in Idaho for the purpose of voting. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/29/2024 3 0 Full Analysis
H0585 House Bill 585 bans central bank digital currencies and would prevent the state and local governments from imposing regulations that prevent the holding, mining, and use of digital assets. Dead 03/19/2024 1 4 Full analysis
H0586 House Bill 586 would require nonresidents to procure a hunting license before collecting, possessing, or transporting antlers or horns from deer, elk, moose, or pronghorn. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 3 -1 Full Analysis
H0587 House Bill 587 would prohibit nonresidents from making over-the-counter purchases of hunting tags and permits for deer, elk, and pronghorn, instead requiring them to seek such tags through a draw process. Dead 02/20/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0592 House Bill 592 would create a "depredation of livestock and prevention fund" and authorize spending up to $150,000 per year to compensate validated claims for depredation and $75,000 per year for "conflict prevention and the provision of information." Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0594 House Bill 594 establishes the Adult Workforce High School Diploma Program to assist students 22 years of age and older with obtaining high school diplomas and authorizes the State Board of Education to administer the program. Dead 02/20/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
H0596 House Bill 596 would impose more regulations and contract limitations on pharmacy benefit managers that operate in Idaho. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 3 -2 Full Analysis
H0597 House Bill 597 would protect medical freedom and privacy for 18-year-old high schoolers and for college and university students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0599 House Bill 599 would criminalize ballot harvesting. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0601 House Bill 601 would provide immunity from civil damages to volunteer security personnel of a religious organization so long as their actions do not constitute gross negligence or wanton or reckless misconduct. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0602 House Bill 602 would generally prohibit the use of public funds or resources on behalf of teachers unions. Dead 03/07/2024 1 3 Full Analysis
H0603 House Bill 603 would prohibit state agencies and departments from donating to nongovernmental organizations or sponsoring their events without written permission from the governor or an agency head. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
H0604 House Bill 604 would increase the regulation of electrical contractors. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0605 House Bill 605 would require employers who have unionized employees to provide an annual notice about state labor law. The bill would also prohibit public agencies from providing unions with an employee’s information without the employee’s permission. Dead 02/22/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0606 House Bill 606 would add a mandatory minimum fine for a first-time conviction for possessing a small amount of cannabis. Dead 02/29/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0608 House Bill 608 would require counties to create agricultural protection areas, along with commissions to oversee them, and to accept applications from landowners who would want their property to be designated an agricultural protection area. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 3 0 Full Analysis
H0610 House Bill 610 would increase fines and impose possible jail time for certain traffic offenses. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0613 Bill Description: House Bill 613 would criminalize the act of advertising a product or service that is illegal — under federal, state, or local law — where the product or service is offered. Dead 03/21/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0615 House Bill 615 would make illegal aliens ineligible for some types of taxpayer-funded benefits in Idaho. Dead 02/28/2024 0 3 Full Analysis
H0617 House Bill 617 repeals the Syringe and Needle Exchange Act under Chapter 34, Title 37, Idaho Code. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0618 House Bill 618 would expand the prohibition against tax-related communications from the tax commission or a county, including messages supporting a government program or nonprofit. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0619 House Bill 619 would grow government by creating an Idaho Wildfire Risk Reinsurance and Mitigation Pool and a board to oversee it. The bill would also create a fund to give money to homeowners. Dead 02/22/2024 0 -5 Full Analysis
H0620 House Bill 620 would preempt most local knife regulations but create an exception for regulating the possession of a knife in a court or public school. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0622 House Bill 622 would narrow the scope of a "retainable offense," which requires those charged with a crime to provide their fingerprints to Idaho law enforcement and the federal government. Dead 02/23/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0623 House Bill 623 would redefine "terrorism" and "terrorist" and create new definitions for "domestic terrorism" and "domestic terrorist" in Idaho law. Dead 03/01/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0624 House Bill 624 would create a new government program to facilitate government-approved improvements to commercial real estate. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 -3 Full Analysis
H0625 House Bill 625 would address disputes over property tax assessments, shifting the burden of proof from the property owner to the assessor. Dead 03/04/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0626 House Bill 626 would tell courts not to defer to agencies’ interpretations of laws or rules but to instead favor an interpretation that limits agency power. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/29/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0628 House Bill 628 would clarify what it means to be a qualified elector and a citizen of the state of Idaho. Dead 03/07/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0633 House Bill 633 would expand Medicaid to offer increased postpartum coverage. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -5 Full Analysis
H0636 House Bill 636 would create an Office of Early Childhood Services to expand government services and encourage more people to depend on the state. Dead 02/29/2024 0 -8 Full Analysis
H0637 House Bill 637 would require the Ada County Highway District to expand from five to seven commissioners and, starting in 2026, to hold partisan elections. Dead 01/01/1900 0 1 Full Analysis
H0638 House Bill 638 would put the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council in charge of the Strategic Initiative Grant program, moving it from the Idaho Department of Transportation. It also would require large urban areas receiving grants to match 20% of the grant funds. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0642 House Bill 642 would impose new regulations on vehicle manufacturers and distributors. Dead 02/26/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
H0643 House Bill 643 would clarify the process for the state to create a corporation and require improperly created corporations to brought into compliance. Dead 02/26/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0645 House Bill 645 would create special rules for school board recall elections, providing no time for the board or the member subject to recall to challenge the results or process of the election. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0653 House Bill 653 would create a "rebuttable presumption" that a pesticide producer who complied with federal EPA regulations provided adequate warning about health and safety, regardless of other laws or court precedent. Dead 03/05/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0654 House Bill 654 would impose new regulations on employers who hire prisoners. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0655 House Bill 655 would create an illicit substance tracking portal in the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Dead 02/26/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
H0656 House Bill 656 would provide an expanded opportunity for judicial review of state purchasing decisions that use taxpayer funds. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0658 House Bill 658 would give counties more flexibility to determine if a hospital qualifies for a property tax exemption. Dead 02/26/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0662 House Bill 662 would make some minor changes to the 2023 electrical code and prevent local governments from requiring new homes to have electric vehicle chargers. Dead 02/29/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0664 House Bill 664 would allow a candidate for office whose action or speech is digitally altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication to seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0667 House Bill 667 would limit the use of absentee ballots, at least in theory. Dead 01/01/1900 0 1 Full Analysis
H0668 House Bill 520 would generally prohibit the use of taxpayer funds and government facilities for genital mutilation surgeries. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
H0669 House Bill 669 would clarify that very large financial institutions cannot condition access to financial services based on non-financial information that might be included in a "social credit score." Dead 03/04/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0672 House Bill 672 would update and expand Idaho law to recognize that health care professionals, institutions, and payers have the right not to participate in or pay for medical procedures or services that violate their ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles. Dead 02/29/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
H0683 House Bill 683 would create an Office of Early Childhood Services to expand government services and encourage more people to depend on the state. Dead 01/01/1900 0 -8 Full Analysis
H0684 House Bill 684 would allow for telehealth behavioral health services on public school premises, and it creates provisions for the disclosure of otherwise private information about the student and access to means of harm. Dead 03/18/2024 1 -2 Full Analysis
H0685 House Bill 685 would create a "Medicaid budget stabilization fund," transfer $12 million from the cooperative welfare fund to the Idaho millennium income fund in FY25, and transfer any unobligated general fund moneys remaining in the cooperative welfare fund to the Medicaid budget stabilization fund. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0686 House Bill 686 would clarify what qualifies as looking for work and require those receiving unemployment benefits to perform more such actions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0688 House Bill 688 would codify the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement and allow for collected data to be stored indefinitely if it is "retained as evidence in a felony or misdemeanor crime." Dead 03/04/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
H0689 House Bill 689 would impose new regulations on vehicle manufacturers and distributors. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
H0695 House Bill 695 would add a mandatory minimum fine for a first-time conviction for possessing a small amount of cannabis. Dead 03/06/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0696 House Bill 696 would generally require nonresidents seeking hunting tags or permits for deer, elk, or pronghorn to obtain them through a draw process. The bill would also establish a committee to develop this process. Dead 03/22/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
H0701 House Bill 701 would create a new formula for calculating property tax levy rates and the homestead exemption. Dead 01/01/1900 0 0 Full Analysis
H0704 House Bill 704 would make some minor changes to the 2023 electrical code and prevent local governments from requiring new homes to have electric vehicle chargers. Dead 03/20/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0707 House Bill 707 would shorten time periods and increase penalties in law that have to do with stray livestock. Dead 03/07/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
H0708 House Bill 708 would clarify the process by which the state creates a corporation; it also would require improperly created corporations to come into compliance. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/03/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
H0710 House Bill 710 would require schools and public libraries to take small steps to restrict children's access to some obscene materials. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 3 0 Full Analysis
H0711 House Bill 711 would prohibit public utilities from requiring customers to disclose their Social Security numbers. Dead 03/13/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0712 House Bill 712 would shorten time periods and increase penalties in law that have to do with stray livestock. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 3 -1 Full Analysis
H0713 House Bill 713 would increase judges' salaries by 3% or less. It also establishes that if a judge retires before the end of a term, the seat remains vacant until the next election. Dead 03/13/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0717 House Bill 717 would shift the burden of proof from the property owner to the assessor in disputes over property tax assessments, specifically, when the homeowner introduces evidence that the assessment is inaccurate. The bill would also create a new formula for calculating property tax levy rates and the homestead exemption. Dead 01/01/1900 0 1 Full Analysis
H0728 House Bill 728 would clarify that county and highway district commissioners may not reduce the width of an existing highway and must give motorists priority when they layout new highways. Dead 03/21/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
H0729 House Bill 729 would clarify that dedicated highway funds must be used primarily to benefit motor vehicles. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
H0730 House Bill 730 would require state agencies to provide more information to the Legislature about their reliance on federal funding. Dead 03/26/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
H0741 House Bill 741 would expand the definition of "in-demand careers" as it applies to the cronyistic and redistributive Launch Grant program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
H0746 House Bill 746 would increase judges' salaries by 3% or less. It also offers a $25,000 incentive to judges who choose not to retire before the end of a term, so the seat can be filled by election rather than appointment. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/10/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
H0753 House Bill 753 would prohibit illegal aliens from being present in Idaho with certain exceptions and allow enforcement of this law. Dead 04/02/2024 1 2 Full Analysis
HCR021 House Concurrent Resolution 21 would amend Joint Rule 3 to require that bills passing one legislative chamber by a two-thirds majority or greater receive a hearing in the other chamber within 10 days. Dead 02/09/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
HCR023 House Concurrent Resolution 23 would amend Joint Rule 11 to clarify that JFAC has coequal House and Senate co-chairs. Dead 02/26/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
HCR027 House Concurrent Resolution 27 would call on the Idaho Department of Insurance to strong-arm health insurance companies into covering certain specific medical procedures. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
HJR002 House Joint Resolution 2 would amend the Idaho Constitution to reduce the percentage of the vote required to approve government indebtedness. Dead 03/25/2024 0 -5 Full Analysis
HJR004 House Joint Resolution 4 would amend the Idaho Constitution to protect Idaho's election system and prevent future laws mandating run-off elections or ranked choice voting. The protections would not apply to city and local elections. Dead 03/11/2024 1 2 Full Analysis
S1217 Senate Bill 1217 would require a county or highway district to maintain public access to public lands and waters when the county or highway district legally abandons a road or other public right-of-way. Dead 01/15/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1218 Senate Bill 1218 would require that contributions from donors who give less than $50 in aggregate to a single candidate be reported to the secretary of state and publicly disclosed. Dead 02/06/2024 1 0 Full Analysis
S1220 Senate Bill 1220 would redefine "terrorism" and "terrorist" and create new definitions for "domestic terrorism" and "domestic terrorist" in Idaho law. Dead 03/01/2024 1 0 Full Analysis
S1222 Senate Bill 1222 would impose civil and criminal liability on smartphone and tablet manufacturers whose devices do not automatically censor content. The act would also impose civil and criminal liability on individual device owners who allow a minor to access a device without a censorship filter. Dead 01/16/2024 0 -8 Full Analysis
S1227 Senate Bill 1227 would define individual health rights and prohibit government overreach in the areas of stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and visitation denial. Dead 01/17/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
S1228 Senate Bill 1228 would prohibit colleges and universities from banning or regulating the otherwise legal possession of firearms. Dead 01/17/2024 0 3 Full Analysis
S1230 Senate Bill 1230 would remove the prohibition against a wine importer shipping wine directly to a retailer. Dead 01/17/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1231 Senate Bill 1231 would use outstanding fines as a pretext to suspend the individual right to hunt, fish, and trap. Dead 03/21/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1232 Senate Bill 1232 would require Child Protective Services to notify, in writing, parents or caregivers of their rights if they are under investigation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/18/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1234 Senate Bill 1234 would require health benefit plans to pay for a 6-month supply of contraceptives at one time. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/18/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
S1235 Senate Bill 1235 would reduce the terms of library district trustees from 6 years to 4 years for elections from 2025 onward. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1237 Senate Bill 1237 would add the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the Idaho Human Rights Act. Dead 01/19/2024 0 -6 Full Analysis
S1240 Senate Bill 1240 would amend an unconstitutional statute that says it is illegal for a group to "parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state." Dead 01/22/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
S1241 Senate Bill 1241 would exempt small, youth-owned businesses from requirements to collect state and state sales tax. It would also exempt them from certain permitting mandates. Dead 01/22/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
S1244 Senate Bill 1244 would significantly expand the free-speech suspension zones around polling places. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2024 2 -2 Full Analysis
S1245 Senate Bill 1245 would exempt pesticide producers from liability under any "provision or doctrine of state law, including without limitation state tort law or relevant common law" as long as they were in compliance with federal EPA regulations. Dead 02/15/2024 1 -2 Full Analysis
S1247 Senate Bill 1247 would allow a law enforcement officer or health care provider to take a person into protective custody and detain the person for up to 24 hours in a hospital if the officer or provider believes the person has a major neurocognitive disorder and is likely to injure themselves or others. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
S1250 Senate Bill 1250 would add another carve-out to Idaho's broken liquor licensing system. Dead 02/06/2024 1 0 Full Analysis
S1251 Senate Bill 1251 would impose more frequent reporting requirements on federal political action committees. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/04/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
S1252 Senate Bill 1252 would declare that the policy of Idaho is to not deploy the National Guard for military action unless it is for an action that has received congressional authorization. Dead 03/18/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
S1253 Senate Bill 1253 would impose criminal liability on smartphone and tablet manufacturers whose devices do not automatically activate censorship filters. Dead 02/13/2024 1 -3 Full Analysis
S1256 Senate Bill 1256 would permanently bar from elected office any official who is "convicted of a crime resulting in probation or incarceration in a correctional facility, local correctional facility, or private correctional facility." Dead 01/30/2024 0 -3 Full Analysis
S1258 Senate Bill 1258 would generally require a county or highway district to maintain public access to public lands and waters when the county or highway district legally abandons a road or other public right-of-way. Dead 03/06/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
S1259 Senate Bill 1259 would protect employee privacy during unionization elections by protecting the right to vote by secret ballot. Dead 02/01/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1261 Senate Bill 1261 would impose limits and regulations on remote work by state employees. Dead 02/19/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1262 Senate Bill 1262 would expand government prohibitions against annoying someone via a telephone to include emails, text messaging, and other forms of electronic communication. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/01/2024 2 0 Full Analysis
S1264 Senate Bill 1264 would repeal and replace the section of Idaho code dealing with cities and their power to annex. Dead 02/02/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1271 Senate Bill 1271 would repeal 5 sections of Idaho code and associated IDAPA rules related to the "Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission." Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
S1273 Senate Bill 1273 would require the Idaho Secretary of State to prepare and distribute comprehensive voter guides for both general and primary elections, and include in them information on candidates for state or federal office. Dead 02/27/2024 1 -4 Full Analysis
S1275 Senate Bill 1275 would protect employers from civil liability for allowing their employees to carry concealed weapons. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1285 Senate Bill 1285 would impose new regulations to cap the interest rate that may be charged by payday lenders. Dead 02/08/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
S1287 Senate Bill 1287 would declare that the World Health Organization has no jurisdiction in Idaho, and the Legislature must approve recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before their enactment. Dead 02/21/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
S1288 Senate Bill 1288 would allow certain specially trained chiropractors to return an athlete in youth sports to play after recovering from a concussion. Dead 03/13/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
S1289 Senate Bill 1289 would create a complicated and arduous process for parents seeking to protect their children from being exposed to pornographic content in public schools and libraries. Dead 02/22/2024 1 -2 Full Analysis
S1291 Senate Bill 1291 would prohibit the state or its political subdivisions from doing business with most companies that boycott firearm companies or several other traditional industries. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/29/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1293 Senate Bill 1293 would repeal and replace the section of Idaho code dealing with cities and their power to annex. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
S1296 Senate Bill 1296 would prevent the state and local governments from imposing regulations that prevent the holding, mining, and use of Bitcoin. Dead 04/02/2024 1 3 Full Analysis
S1300 Senate Bill 1300 would repeal regulations and prohibitions that impede voluntary youth employment. Dead 02/12/2024 0 3 Full Analysis
S1302 Senate Bill 1302 would define "working animals" and preempt local regulation of them. Dead 02/14/2024 0 2 Full Analysis
S1303 Senate Bill 1303 would reduce transparency for certain government contracts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
S1304 Senate Bill 1304 would require public agencies to provide an opportunity for relevant public testimony during their meetings. Dead 02/12/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1307 Senate Bill 1307 would broadly criminalize adoption-related advertising by anyone other than a licensed adoption agency. Dead 02/12/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
S1310 Senate Bill 1310 would clarify that the lawful carry of a firearm cannot be suspended on public property that is leased to a private entity if the property is open to the general public with free, unrestricted access. Dead 02/12/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1314 Senate Bill 1314 would allow the state to take money that is sitting idle in its treasury and invest it in physical gold and silver. Vetoed 04/10/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1322 Senate Bill 1322 would impose more burdensome regulations in the name of combatting the possibility of invasive species. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
S1325 Senate Bill 1325 is an anti-SLAPP law, which would make it easier for defendants to quickly get lawsuits alleging defamation and other such charges dismissed. Dead 02/29/2024 1 1 Full Analysis
S1326 Senate Bill 1326 would create a new felony called "aggravated driving while reckless" and impose severe mandatory minimum penalties for it. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/18/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
S1329 Senate Bill 1329 would protect parents' right to make health care decisions for their children and guarantee their access to their children's medical records. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
S1343 Senate Bill 1343 would broadly define and criminalize falsely reporting violence or an emergency. It imposes severe penalties and mandatory minimums on those who do so. Dead 02/26/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
S1345 Senate Bill 1345 would codify court precedents limiting government access to private land. Dead 02/13/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1352 Senate Bill 1352 would recognize that counselors and therapists have the right not to provide counseling that conflicts with their sincerely held religious, moral, or ethical principles. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2024 2 2 Full Analysis
S1353 Senate Bill 1353 would impose new regulations on health care providers regarding when they must provide records and how much they can charge for them. Dead 02/13/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
S1366 Senate Bill 1366 would impose a host of regulations and registration requirements on manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and wholesalers of electronic smoking devices (“vapes”) sold in Idaho. Dead 02/19/2024 0 -7 Full Analysis
S1368 Senate Bill 1368 would broadly criminalize adoption-related advertising by anyone other than a licensed adoption agency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2024 2 -1 Full Analysis
S1369 Senate Bill 1369 would add a severe mandatory minimum penalty for vehicular manslaughter under certain circumstances. Dead 03/19/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1370 Senate Bill 1370 would limit the right of property owners in subdivisions to use private wells. Dead 02/22/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
S1371 Senate Bill 1371 would consolidate all primary elections on the third Tuesday in April, and consequently impose limitations on political speech during legislative sessions. The filing for the election period is similarly shifted to earlier dates in January. Dead 03/11/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1374 Senate Bill 1374 would clarify that the lawful carry of a firearm cannot be suspended on public property that is leased to a private entity unless the property is being used for a private, invitation-only event or an event that charges admission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1377 Senate Bill 1377 would require individuals who are paid to gather signatures for initiatives and referenda to identify themselves as such when gathering signatures. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/04/2024 2 1 Full Analysis
S1380 Senate Bill 1380 would create the office of health and social services ombudsman. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2024 2 -3 Full Analysis
S1389 Senate Bill 1389 would impose additional regulations on pharmacy benefit managers. Dead 04/03/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
S1390 Senate Bill 1390 would expand the definition of "in-demand careers" as it applies to the cronyistic and redistributive Launch Grant program. Dead 03/12/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1393 Senate Bill 1393 would create a new tire waste recycling fund and impose a new tire recycling fee. Dead 03/06/2024 0 -5 Full Analysis
S1395 Senate Bill 1395 would regulate how much a health care provider may charge for medical records. It also would require providers to release records free of charge under certain circumstances, and to provide records within a certain timeframe. Dead 03/25/2024 1 -2 Full Analysis
S1404 Senate Bill 1404 would clarify that rights and protections against unreasonable search and seizures apply broadly to privately owned lands. Dead 03/05/2024 0 1 Full Analysis
S1413 Senate Bill 1413 would broadly define and criminalize acts to falsely report violence or an emergency. Dead 03/21/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1415 Senate Bill 1415 would require Idaho to hold a presidential primary election in May even if a political party had already held a caucus and would not use the primary results to determine its nominee. Dead 03/13/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1416 Senate Bill 1416 would move the EMS Bureau from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to the Office of Emergency Management. It would also expand the scope of the program and lay the groundwork for its future expansion and increased spending. Dead 03/21/2024 1 -3 Full Analysis
S1417 Senate Bill 1417 would impose new regulations and penalties on social media companies as defined by the bill. Dead 03/11/2024 0 -5 Full Analysis
S1418 Senate Bill 1418 would allow school employees who possess an enhanced carry permit, receive board permission, and follow a host of other regulations to carry specifically authorized concealed weapons on school property where they are employed. Dead 03/13/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
S1428 Senate Bill 1428 would exempt military retirement benefits from state income tax regardless of the age or disability classification of the retired member or of the widow or widower of such retired member. Dead 03/25/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis
S1429 Senate Bill 1429 would create a process to request an occupational licensing authority to waive or modify a licensing requirement. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/08/2024 3 1 Full Analysis
S1432 Senate Bill 1432 would create a "rebuttable presumption" that a pesticide producer who complied with federal EPA regulations provided adequate warning about health and safety, regardless of other laws or court precedent. Dead 03/21/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
S1436 Senate Bill 1436 would increase judges' salaries by up to 10% plus an additional 5% in each of the following three fiscal years. The bill would also establish a Citizens’ Committee on Judicial Compensation to decide future compensation increases. Dead 03/21/2024 0 -2 Full Analysis
SCR112 Senate Concurrent Resolution 112 would add Idaho to the list of states seeking to convene an Article V Convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. Dead 03/26/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
SCR114 Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 would call for an Article V convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits for U.S. senators and representatives. Dead 03/26/2024 0 0 Full Analysis
SCR115 Senate Concurrent Resolution 115 would call for an Article V convention to amend the U.S. Constitution by adding a balanced budget amendment. Dead 03/26/2024 0 -1 Full Analysis
SJR104 Senate Joint Resolution 104 would amend the state constitution to impose a 20-day limit on extraordinary sessions of the Idaho Legislature when it is convened upon a written request of 60% each of the House and Senate membership. Dead 02/02/2024 1 -1 Full Analysis