Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding gold and silver coin and specie.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 637 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND SPECIE; AMENDING SECTION 67-9803, IDAHO2 CODE, AS ENACTED BY SECTION 2, CHAPTER 107, LAWS OF 2025, TO REDESIGNATE3 THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS REGARDING GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND4 SPECIE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.5

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:6

SECTION 1. That Section 67-9803, Idaho Code, as enacted by Section 2,7 Chapter 107, Laws of 2025, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as fol-8 lows:9 67-9803 67-9903. GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND SPECIE. (1) To the full ex-10 tent allowed by clause 1, section 10, article I of, and the tenth amendment11 to, the constitution of the United States, gold and silver coin and specie12 minted domestically foreign or domestic shall be legal tender in the state of13 Idaho under the laws of this state. The state may also elect to use gold and14 silver coin and specie in conducting its business.15 (2) Unless expressly provided by statute or by contract, no person or16 other entity may compel another person or other entity to tender or accept17 gold or silver coin or specie unless agreed upon by the parties.18

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby19 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after20 July 1, 2026.21