Idaho Bills
629 bills · 2020 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a certain exception regarding concealed weapons and legal U.S. residents.
Relating to Concealed weapons: Amending section 18-3302, Idaho Code to Revise a certain exception and to remove surplus verbiage.
Adds to existing law to provide for certain temporary restricted licenses.
This legislation adds a new section of code, that allows a citizen who has lost his driver's license because of non-payment of child support to petition the courts and show good cause to be granted a temporary restricted license in order to maintain or secure employment.
55 – 0
Amends existing law to revise the licensing requirements for regulated lenders and payday lenders and to revise administrative and civil remedies for persons offering consumer credit.
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the regulations and requirements for mortgage lenders in this state.
32 – 0
Amends existing law to provide an eligibility requirement for a DUI diversion program.
This legislation ensures that drivers who hold a commercial drivers license are not allowed to be put on a DUI Diversion program. This complies with federal commercial driving regulations.
47 – 20
Amends existing law to revise a policy statement.
55 – 14
Adds to existing law to provide for the offense of financial exploitation of an elder.
21 – 48
Amends existing law to provide that certain acts shall be a felony and to provide that a fine may be imposed for female genital mutilation of a child.
32 – 0
Amends existing law to revise the sales tax revenue distribution to cities in Idaho.
30 – 4
Amends existing law to revise the income tax credit for food sales.
This legislation will increase the grocery tax credit from $120 to $135 per person for individuals age 65 and older and from $100 to $135 per person for all others. The average individual pays approximately $124 per year in sales tax on groceries. This change will essentially offset the sales tax paid on groceries by all Idaho citizens.
Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding notification of towing to persons known to hold an interest in a vehicle.
35 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2020.
34 – 0
Amends existing law to provide for inactive registration status and to remove a provision regarding gross negligence and reckless conduct.
This legislation aims to allow registered contractors the option to place their registration on inactive status, relieving the registrant from the requirement to maintain insurance during this period. The proposed legislation would require a registrant to provide proof of current insurance to return to active status. Additionally, the removal from the grounds for discipline of gross negligence and reckless conduct intends to eliminate a provision which is difficult and costly to establish, as well as enforce, and ultimately only bans bad actors from holding a registration, not from working in the contracting industry.
27 – 3
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a filing fee.
32 – 0
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board composition, licensee qualifications, fees, the certification of licensed funeral establishments, contracts, and advertising.
28 – 1
Amends existing law to remove unnecessary verbiage, to specify certain requirements regarding fees collected and to require that certain AMC owners and key persons meet minimum federal requirements.
32 – 0
Adds to and amends existing law to establish the Criminal Justice Integrated Data System and the Data Oversight Council.
26 – 2
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a bank acting as a custodian or fiduciary.
The purpose of this legislation is to amend provision of the act to allow banks to act as a custodian or fiduciary for the purpose of offering tax-advantaged savings plans. The amendment will clarify the authority of banks to offeralltax-advantagedsavingsplansqualifiedundertheInternalRevenueCodeandtheIdahoIncomeTaxAct, and clarify that banks may act as a fiduciary for the limited purpose of tax advantaged savings plans specified by the Idaho Income Tax Act.
33 – 0
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding adverse action by an employer and to provide a limit on certain damages.
This legislation amends Idaho Code 6-2104 to provide a cap for non-economic damages. There is no cap on economic damages.
Amends existing law to remove registration requirements and to remove certain provisions regarding the authority of the Bureau of Occupational Licenses.
32 – 0
Amends existing law to provide updates to the Barber and Cosmetologists Act, including to revise and consolidate terminology, to provide for charitable work, to revise powers of the board, to revise provisions regarding apprenticeship, and to move certain requirements into rule.
34 – 0
Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Patient Act to provide requirements for certain medical debt collections.
Adds to and amends existing law to authorize the Commission of Pardons and Parole to grant commutations and pardons, to provide for approval or disapproval by the Governor in certain instances, to provide for certain crimes where the commission shall have full and final authority, and to provide that the commission shall conduct proceedings pursuant to certain rules and regulations.
35 – 0
Amends existing law to define “willful or reckless misconduct.”
This legislation defines the term "willful or reckless misconduct," as used in Idaho Code Title 6, Chapter 16. A recent Idaho Supreme Court case noted the absence of a definition, which has caused uncertainty concerning the proper definition. Defining the term is important in order to bring clarity to Idaho liability laws.
Adds to existing law to provide restrictions.
The purpose of this legislation is to change Idaho Code prohibiting exploding targets during the designated fire season. Exploding targets refers to a device designed for use as a target consisting of a substance or substances capable of exploding or igniting when struck by a projectile. The use of these devices has caused catastrophic wildfires that have endangered lives, burned hundreds of thousandsofacresandcostmillionsofdollars. ThislegislationwouldexpandIdahoCodetoprohibitexploding targets on any state land, classify the crime as a misdemeanor, and reiteraters a judge's discretion for sentencing termsandcostrecoveryfordamages. Thislegislationdoesnotapplytoprivatepropertyoranypublicorprivate shooting range that has a permit or governmental approval.