Idaho Bills
790 bills · 2025 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation and benefits of local boards.
Clay Handy · HD-027B
Amends House Bill 40, House Bill 304, and existing law to revise provisions regarding certain tax deductions, certain corporate income tax rates, certain protections for taxpayers, and certain sales tax distributions and to revise an effective date.
Jeff Ehlers · HD-021B
Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education for community colleges for fiscal year 2026.
This appropriation to Community Colleges provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget. Thisappropriationprovidesanadditional$1,679,800tothemaintenanceappropriationprovidedtoCommunity Colleges found in House Bill 341 that includes additional funding for the enrollment workload adjustment and requires the Office of the State Board of Education to develop an outcomes based funding model for the Community Colleges. Table 1 shows incremental adjustments to the budget found in the bill, of which the ongoing increase is $1,679,800. Table 2 shows the adjustments leading to the FY 2026 Total. The total budget for the Community Colleges is $69,219,700 and provides support to the College of Eastern Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, College of Western Idaho, and North Idaho College.
James Petzke · HD-021A
30 – 5
Adds to existing law to establish the Cybersecurity and Resiliency Fund to address the state's need for information technology and cybersecurity infrastructure.
Wendy Horman · HD-032B
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Division of Public Works for fiscal year 2026.
Josh Tanner · HD-014B
25 – 10
Amends existing law to provide that a community infrastructure district may be formed within a county with the approval of the county.
Jason Monks · HD-022B
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2026.
James Petzke · HD-021A
32 – 3
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation and benefits of local boards.
The legislation proposes to protect local property taxpayers from special taxing districts taking advantage of statutes that allow for pay and benefits for individuals serving on boards. School boards, community college boards, and many other boards serve communities with no compensation. The purpose of this bill will be to bring consistency to special taxing districts.
Stephanie Mickelsen · HD-032A
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for campaign finance transparency.
Idaho’s campaign finance laws, also known as the sunshine laws, were originally enacted in 1974 by a citizen initiative to increase transparency regarding money spent on political campaigns and lobbying. This legislation updates and reorganizes the campaign finance laws to increase transparency, simplify reporting, and improve enforcement to better align with increased spending and modern practices in political campaigns. The legislation reorganizes the campaign finances laws by moving the provisions from Title 67, Chapter 66, State Government and State Affairs, to Title 74, Chapter 3, Transparent and Ethical Government. This new chapter separates the reporting requirements and responsibilities into five parts. It also separates the reporting requirements for campaign finance from the reporting requirements for lobbying. Additionally, the legislation makes several changes designed to increase the frequency of reporting, adjust the campaign finance limitations, and improve enforcement by creating an improved fine structure.
Mike Moyle · HD-010A
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Finance for fiscal year 2026.
This appropriation to the Department of Finance provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes 4.00 FTP and additional personnel costs for a financial institutions IT examiner, a financial institutions examiner, a financial examiner investigator 3, and a financial examiner with a forensic accounting specialty; and IT replacement items. Forenhancement3, theagencyalsorequestedtwoadditionalfinancialinvestigator3positionsfortheconsumer financebureauforatotaloftwo(2.00)FTPand$246,000. Thesepositionswerenotfundedandarenotincluded in this enhancement bill.
Rod Furniss · HD-031B
23 – 12
Adds to existing law to provide that certain fees related to animal adoption and rescue are not subject to sales and use taxes.
Charlie Shepherd · HD-007B
35 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the State Department of Education for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
Wendy Horman · HD-032B
24 – 9
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
James Petzke · HD-021A
22 – 13
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Information Technology Services for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
Carl Bjerke · SD-005
24 – 11
Amends existing law to remove a provision regarding priority of hearings.
This bill removes an antiquated section of code that allows for some plaintiffs to demand a trial within thirty (30) days in a particular and limited circumstance. This option is not offered to plaintiffs in other cases. Such demands place an undue burden on the court system and all of the other parties to the case. All of the plaintiffs’ other protections and rights are maintained.
Todd Lakey · SD-023
64 – 0
Repeals existing law relating to the prohibition on unorganized associations and parades.
The legislation amends Idaho Code § 46-802, that prohibits members of organizations other than the National Guard, unorganizedmilitia, orselectedothergroupsfromassociatingandparadinginpublicwithfirearms. The legislation supports the First and Second Amendment Rights afforded to Idahoans under the U. S. Constitution.
Daniel Foreman · SD-006
Amends existing law to provide for trapping education and licensing.
Thisbillbringsfromrulewhatmustbetaughtinahunterandtrappingeducationcoursewhilealsoconsolidating the requirements. It adds the requirement that students must receive instruction on trespassing and personal and real property tampering laws. The bill also allows individuals to trap under the supervision of a certified guide without the individual being certified themselves. This allows the individual to receive hands on instruction and take the animals trapped without having to wait months to take a trapping education course. If that individual ever wishes to trap independently, they will still have to take the trapper education course but will have the additional experience.
Mark Harris · SD-035
68 – 0
Amends existing law to provide for the deposit of moneys collected from the federal government pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Mark Harris · SD-035
63 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to clarify the medical rights of Idahoans.
Daniel Foreman · SD-006
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Empowering Parents Grant Program.
The Education Choice & Competition Act is designed to improve education in Idaho by making changes that are fair, responsible, transparent, and accountable, while also keeping government costs in check. The law builds on the existing Empowering Parents program, which will now expand to provide grants for tuition, along with other eligible education expenses, for students in pre-kindergarten through high school. These grants are prioritized for families earning less than $80,000 per year.
Dave Lent · SD-033
6 – 28
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the number of judges in the Seventh Judicial District.
This bill would add a new district judge position in the Seventh Judicial District to be chambered in Bonneville County. The Seventh Judicial District, which is comprised of ten (10) counties covering more than 20,000 squaremiles, isthelargestjudicialdistrictinIdaho. Itisalsothethirdmostpopulousjudicialdistrictinthestate andhasseena22%populationincreaseoverten(10)years. Allofthedistrictjudgesinthedistricttraveltocover cases in counties other than the county in which they are chambered, and four (4) district judges chambered elsewhere in the district handle regular calendars in Bonneville County. Based upon regular calendars, and not including travel for trials, it is estimated the six (6) current district judges expend more than 51 days of drive time each year in order to cover cases throughout the district. In addition, all six (6) of the current district judges preside over a treatment court and four (4) of those district judges travel to other counties for those proceedings. Finally, Bonneville County is the medical hub of eastern Idaho, with two (2) major hospitals and multiple specialist doctors in Idaho Falls. As a result, the district judges in Bonneville County handle a significant number of highly complex and intensely litigated medical malpractice cases. The Seventh Judicial District’s significant population growth, along with the unique demands of this large district consisting of both small and large counties, necessitate that an additional district judge chambered in Bonneville County is needed to provide timely and fair access to the public and increase the efficient allocation of court resources.
Dustin Manwaring · HD-029A
54 – 16
Amends and repeals existing law regarding a voter's affidavit in lieu of identification.
This legislation streamlines voter identification processes and enhances election security by ensuring all voters present valid, government-issued photo ID's at the time of voting. By removing the option to substitute person identification with a voter's affidavit, this bill aligns Idaho's electoral process with modern standards for secure and verifiable voter identification. This measure is crucial for maintaining the integrity of the electoral system, thereby fostering public confidence in electoral outcomes.
Brian Lenney · SD-013
Amends existing law regarding the director's ability to issue orders regarding methodologies for determining material injury under the rules for conjunctive management.
Julie VanOrden · SD-030
65 – 0
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to prohibit unauthorized weather modification activities and to provide penalties, enforcement, and exceptions.
Tammy Nichols · SD-010
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the literacy intervention program.
Van Burtenshaw · SD-031
40 – 30