Idaho Bills

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to allow a political party to add qualifications for precinct committeemen.

JUDGES – Amends existing law to provide that judges and justices appointed to a judicial vacancy shall not be allowed to stand for election for the same judicial seat in the next election and to provide certain residency requirements for district judges.

REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding an audit of the resettlement of refugees.

PUBLIC LANDS – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution regarding state-owned lands.

ELECTIONS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain election procedures.

BALLOT MEASURES – Amends existing law to require signature gatherers to be qualified electors and to require paid signature gatherers to provide the name of the persons or entities that are paying them on their badge.

DEPREDATION – States findings of the Legislature and calls on the federal government to protect Idaho citizens who file depredation claims.

DOMESTIC WELLS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the domestic use of water.

RULE APPROVAL – HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE – States findings of the House of Representatives and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the State Board of Education and the Division of Career Technical Education have been reviewed and approved by the House Education Committee.

RULE APPROVAL – HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE – States findings of the Legislature and provides that all pending rules of the Idaho Transportation Department have been reviewed and approved by the House Transportation Committee with an exception.

WEATHER MODIFICATION – States findings of the Legislature and requests federal action.

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS – States findings of the Legislature and urges federal lawmakers to prohibit inclusion of artificial sweeteners in school meal programs.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE – Amends existing law to prohibit certain out-of-state persons from making campaign contributions or independent expenditures.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE DENTURES ACT – Amends existing law to adjust fees.

LEGISLATURE – Adds to existing law to authorize the Legislature to employ counsel in addition to the Attorney General in actions against the federal government.

RULE APPROVAL – SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – States findings of the Senate and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho State Police, Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission, Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Secretary of State, Idaho Department of Administration, and Idaho State Lottery have been reviewed and approved by the Senate State Affairs Committee.

RULE APPROVAL – SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE – States findings of the Legislature and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the State Board of Education and the Division of Career Technical Education have been reviewed and approved by the Senate Education Committee.

HOSPITALS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding maternity price transparency and disclosure.

MEDICAID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding provider payment.

HUMAN FETAL TISSUE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the use of human fetal tissue in products.

SINGLE COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the election of commissioners in certain single countywide highway districts.

SELF-DEFENSE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding immunity and reimbursement for justifiable homicide and defense of self, others, and certain places.

INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish cost-sharing requirements for health benefit plans.

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide that instructional hours in school districts’ and public charter schools’ academic year shall not begin prior to the Tuesday following Labor Day.

TRANSACTIONS – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding programmable money.

HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide for automatic dissolution of homeowner’s associations.

LAND USE PLANNING – Adds to existing law to establish provisions allowing for multifamily residential housing developments in areas zoned for commercial use.

HOUSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limitations on rental application fees.

DOMESTIC RELATIONS – Amends existing law to provide for attorney’s fees for parties that lack financial resources in divorce or child custody matters.

RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the failure to use safety restraints as evidence in civil actions to limit an injured party’s damages.

CONCEALING, HARBORING, AND SHIELDING ALIENS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the concealing, harboring, and shielding of aliens.

CHILD PROTECTION – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “neglected.”

JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding termination of parent and child relationships.

DEFENSE OF SELF OR OTHERS, MOTOR VEHICLES, AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES ON ROADS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding defense of self or others, to provide for operators of a motor vehicle, and to establish provisions regarding public assemblies on roads.

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to provide for the location of blinds.

BROADBAND – Amends existing law to revise the definition of broadband.

GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions to protect public employees from certain adverse actions, to provide certain remedies for violations, and to provide special procedures for public record requests by the Legislature and legislative staff.

PROTECTING PRIVACY AND SAFETY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS – Adds to existing law to establish requirements and a cause of action regarding privacy and safety in public restroom and changing facilities and to establish a duty regarding the privacy and safety of restroom and changing facilities in places of public accommodation.

MINING – States findings of the Legislature and supports Integra Resources mining operations in Idaho.

PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding resistance by a threatened party.

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish a public school social access pass program.

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding scholarship limitations for certain student athletes at public institutions of higher education.

HIGHWAYS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding rights-of-way.

DIETITIANS – Adds to existing law to provide for Idaho’s participation in the dietitian licensure compact.

KRATOM – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Kratom Consumer Protection and Safety Act.

WILDLIFE CROSSINGS – States findings of the Legislature and supports wildlife crossings.

CLOUD SEEDING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding activities.

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding public charter school admissions.

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the collection of aggregated student data regarding immigration status and nationality for students enrolled in Idaho public educational institutions.

MEDICAID – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding Medicaid prior authorization exemptions for certain preceptorships.

WILDLIFE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding wildlife relocation.

DEPREDATION CLAIMS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the payment of depredation claims.

MANUFACTURED HOMES – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit certain restrictive covenants against manufactured homes and to revise provisions regarding siting of manufactured homes in residential areas.

LITIGATION FINANCING TRANSPARENCY – Adds to existing law to establish the Litigation Financing Transparency, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.

INSURANCE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Travel Insurance Act.

BUILDING CODES – Amends existing law to require certain heat detection devices in certain attached garages and to provide an exemption from a requirement of fire sprinklers for certain multiple-family dwellings with fire walls.

FOREIGN ADVERSARIES – Adds to existing law to require certain governmental entities in Idaho to divest from investments in foreign adversaries.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS – Repeals existing law relating to the Idaho Anti-Camcorder Piracy Act, the Tape Piracy Act, and the Motion Picture Fair Bidding Act.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding justifiable homicide.

BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY SERVICES ACT – Amends existing law to revise qualifications for cosmetology licensure.