District5
Coeur d'Alene · Kootenai County
2026 Regular Session
Your Legislators
Carl Bjerke
Senator · Republican
SD-005
Carl Bjerke (born 1962) is an American politician and retired firefighter serving as a member of the Idaho Senate for the 5th district. He assumed office on December 1, 2022.
Ron Mendive
Representative · Republican
HD-005A
Ron Mendive is an American politician, serving as an Idaho State Representative since 2012. A member of the Republican Party, Mendive represents District 5 in the A seat.
Tony Wisniewski
Representative · Republican
HD-005B
Tony Wisniewski (born April 19, 1951) is an American politician and manufacturing engineer serving as a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives the 5B district.
Key Votes — District 5
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding background checks conducted by the Department of Health and Welfare.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the homestead exemption.
States findings of the Legislature and requests that Congress call a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions prohibiting the unlawful employment of unauthorized aliens.
Relates to reducing the appropriation for fiscal year 2026.
Adds to existing law to provide for regional service centers.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Bills Sponsored (9)
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Parent-Student On-Road Driver's Training program.
Ron Mendive
Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Parent-Student On-Road Driver's Training Program.
Ron Mendive
Reported Signed by Governor on March 17, 2026 Session Law Chapter 30 Effective: 03/17/2026
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding applicability and choice of law, to remove provisions regarding applicability and choice of law, to remove provisions regarding priority among security interests and entitlement holders, and to remove a provision regarding security interests.
Tony Wisniewski
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
Amends existing law to include physical therapy in the definition of primary care provider.
Carl Bjerke
U.C. to be returned to Health & Welfare Committee
Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the 2026 Coeur d'Alene Tribe water rights settlement agreement and to provide for the Coeur d'Alene tribal water supply bank.
Ron Mendive
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 181 Effective: 03/26/2026
States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.
Tony Wisniewski
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
States findings of the House of Representatives and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Idaho Department of Lands, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Idaho Department of Water Resources have been reviewed and approved by the House Resources and Conservation Committee, with exceptions.
Ron Mendive
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
Repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions relating to reports of medical authorities establishing blindness.
Carl Bjerke
Session Law Chapter 123 Effective: 07/01/2026
States findings of the Legislature and calls on Congress to pass a constitutional amendment affirming the authority of states to govern their election processes.
Carl Bjerke
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State