Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding vacancies on cemetery maintenance boards.

The purpose of this bill is to preserve and maintain governance of a cemetery maintenance district should vacancies on its board of directors be insufficient to reach a quorum, thus preventing the district from functioning as a governing body. The county in which a majority of the cemetery district resides will be responsible for making appointments via a prescribed process.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding reckless driving.

This legislation amends section 49-1401, Idaho Code, regarding reckless driving offenses in construction or school zones.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding provider payment.

RS33677 / H0863 This bill is brought to increase transparency for taxpayers and support appropriation reductions for Medicaid rates paid to residential habilitation providers. Medicaid pays more than $176.5 million in General Funds to help people with disabilities live independently with residential habilitation and other home and community-based services. The Governor’s Recommendation calls for the Legislature to pursue policy changes to support the Department of Health and Welfare in achieving budget reductions for Medicaid, including an option to reduce rates for residential habilitation. In 2022, the Legislature appropriated funds (FY 2023 DU-7 KW Settlement – Svc. Enhance.) to increase payment rates for these services to implement a new service array and budget tool associated with the KW lawsuit. These funds are no longer appropriate since a court order halted implementation of the new services and budget tool. To support ongoing accountability for taxpayer dollars and ensure the Legislature has needed information to effectuate its appropriation responsibilities, this bill requires the department to report to this body how those funds are used.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding enforcement.

This legislation restores your Fourth Amendment rights while on the water.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions prohibiting the use of foreign laws in Idaho courts.

The founders of our nation believed that the United States of America and its individual states should never be subservient to any foreign power, country or legal system and that no foreign power, country or legal system should be allowed to encroach upon our rights under the Constitution. Foreign laws or foreign legal doctrines can be a means of imposing an agenda on the American people by circumventing US and state constitutions. These foreign laws may not recognize our constitutional rights and liberties in US courts. The potential impact of using foreign laws and legal doctrines in US courts on the liberty of ordinary American citizens are as profound as they are despairing. The embrace of foreign legal systems, some of which are inherently hostile to our constitutional liberties, is a violation of the principles on which our nation was founded. This legislation will establish statutory law prohibiting the intrusion of discordant foreign laws or foreign legal doctrines to protect Idaho citizens and preserve constitutional rights and American values of liberty and freedom.

Adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho State Seal of Excellence in Civics Program.

This legislation creates a State Seal of Excellence in Civics, which is a voluntary high school diploma endorsement recognizing Idaho students that have attained a high level of civics knowledge and engagement. This seal acknowledges that Idaho’s public schools have a responsibility to educate future citizens who possess civic knowledge, skills, and values that can sustain our constitutional republic. In order to attain this seal, students must meet requirements that demonstrate both civic knowledge— including earning high grades in U.S. history and U.S. government, and demonstrated mastery on the state Civics Test— and civic participation, including community service and structured extracurricular activities, such as speech and debate, boys’ or girls’ state, internships, or participation with Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). Additionally, schools can earn designation as an Idaho School of Civics Excellence. The Idaho Department of Education will provide support for those school districts and public charter schools that participate in awarding this seal.

Amends existing law to provide that the organizer of a limited liability company may use the street and mailing addresses of a company's commercial registered agent in certain circumstances.

This legislation allows individuals forming an at home LLC would be allowed to not publish the home address on the Secretary of State website if they have a commercial registered agent physical address instead. No other part of forming an LLC would be affected.

Repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions relating to securities lending agreements.

To ensure that state laws are streamlined, up-to-date, and essential for the citizens of Idaho, while best serving public health, safety, and welfare, the Legislature approved the Idaho Code Cleanup Act, H14 in the 2025 Legislative session. Submitted sections of Idaho Code were reviewed for repeal consideration by the DOGE Task Force on the criteria of obsolete, outdated, and unnecessary. This bill repeals Section 67-1210B, Idaho Code, that limited to the state's ability to invest in securities lending agreements. Securities lending was officially terminated in December 2015.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding where a sex offender resides.

The purpose of this legislation is to clarify the definition of "residence" for purposes of sexual offender registration. The bill defines when an offender is considered to habitually live at a location, including objective time and frequency standards, and clarifies how residency applies to homeless offenders. These changes are intended to promote consistent enforcement, improve compliance, and enhance public safety by providing clearer guidance to offenders and law enforcement. This legislation also clarifies the exception allowing registered adult criminal sex offenders to reside within five hundred feet of a school or daycare when living in licensed or certified facilities providing incarceration, hospital, health, or convalescent care. The bill ensures consistent interpretation of the statute while maintaining existing public safety protections.

States findings of the Legislature and reaffirms Idaho's rights under the Bear River Compact.

RS33678 / HCR034 This resolution asserts Idaho’s water rights under the Amended Bear River Compact, which was signed by Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, and ratified by Congress in 1980. It directs Idaho’s Bear River Commissioners to strictly interpret and enforce the irrigation reserve water elevation statutes for Bear Lake, and urges Idaho to invest in the equipment necessary to measure and quantify Bear River water. It also directs the Idaho Water Resources Board to: 1.) 1.) Prepare two reports relating to current Bear River water development, water supplies, addressing state water needs, and prioritizing future Bear River water projects; 2.) Prioritize and develop feasibility studies for identified Bear River water projects for new surface storage sites, off-stream storage, and aquifer recharge, using Idaho’s Bear River Compact water allocation, and without harming Bear Lake; 3.) Allocate funds from the $30 million transfer to the Water Management Account to support implementation; and 4.) Confer with legislative leadership prior to entering into any agreement with any power utility or the states of Utah or Wyoming on the use or management of the Bear River or Bear Lake.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding distribution of revenue.

In 2023, the Idaho Legislature passed SB 1120 – the liquor license reform bill. SB 1120 prohibits the transfer or sale of any liquor license issued after July 1, 2023. Liquor Licenses issued prior to July 1, 2023, may be sold only one time. As part of its funding, the Idaho State Police – Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) unit, by statute, collects a 10% transfer fee based on the sales price of the license transferred. As intended, the new law ended the practice of financially speculating on a state-issued liquor license. Historically, liquor license transfer fees have been a large percentage of ABC’s dedicated funding. As a result of SB 1120, the 10% transfer fee revenue collected has significantly decreased since passage. The amount ABC has collected since passage of the liquor license reform bill has decreased by 47% leaving a significant shortfall in the agency’s budget. Idaho also applies a beer excise tax. Thirty-three percent (33%) of the tax collected on beer with an alcohol content of 5% or less is dedicated to the Permanent Building Fund, which has no nexus to the beer excise tax. This bill redirects that 33% to the Idaho State Police, with 40% of this amount specifically dedicated to the Alcohol Beverage Control unit.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Department of Education for fiscal year 2027.

RS33705 / H0921 This appropriation to the State Department of Education provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget, including dedicated fund spending authority to the School Bus Camera Fund in relation to the requirements of Section 49-1422, Idaho Code, which provides for the purchase of school bus stop sign arms, cameras, and related equipment using revenue generated from court-ordered infraction payments for illegally overtaking school buses. In addition, the bill includes federal spending authority for a onetime farm-to-school grant program, and an ongoing grant to support costs related to operating the Child Nutrition Program.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Division of Public Works for fiscal year 2027.

RS33638 / H0919 This appropriation to the Division of Public Works in the Department of Administration provides the FY 2027 Original Appropriation from the Permanent Building Fund. It provides funding for building maintenance projects, alterations and repairs projects, ADA compliance projects, facilities maintenance for the Capitol Mall and Chinden Campus, and one capital project for design of the Bonneville County Readiness Center.

States findings of the Legislature and supports various water projects within Water District 4.

The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to formally recognize the strategic importance of Idaho Water Resource Board District 4 as the primary "water tower" for the Snake River system. The resolution declares legislative support for critical hydrologic projects. Additionally, the legislation supports the use of Aging Infrastructure Grants for the modernization of diversion structures - specifically within the Progressive Irrigation District and Enterprise Canal Company - and affirms that proactive funding for these initiatives is fiscally responsible and essential for sustaining the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA), fulfilling the 2024 Stipulated Mitigation Plan, and protecting the state's agricultural economy.