Idaho Bills
817 bills · 2026 Regular Session
States findings of the Legislature, declares that the existing public school funding formula requires review and modernization, and requests that the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction present draft legislation to the Legislature.
In this resolution, the Legislature declares that the existing funding formula requires review and modernization to reflect current student needs. This effort will be founded on the funding formula work from the past decade. The Legislature requests that the Superintendent of Public Instruction develop proposed funding formula legislation, along with corresponding financial analyses for each district and public charter school, for consideration during the 2027 legislative session. The Superintendent will report progress at the JFAC fall meeting to the budget committee and both education committees. The resolution also outlines the principles for a revised school funding formula, including Idaho’s constitutional duty, accountability, predictability, stability, transparency, and student needs.
Dave Lent · SD-033
Adds to existing law to declare certain rats a public health and safety nuisance and to require abatement.
The purpose of this legislation is to address the growing presence of invasive Norway rats and roof rats in Idaho, which pose risks to public health, agriculture, and infrastructure. Idaho has not historically had established populations of these rats, and early, coordinated action is necessary to prevent permanent establishment and increased long-term costs. This legislation declares these rats to be public nuisances and aligns their treatment across existing Idaho laws governing invasive species, agricultural pests, and public health pests. It designates the Idaho Department of Agriculture as the coordinating agency to work with state and local partners using existing authority and resources, without creating new programs or requiring new funding.
Tammy Nichols · SD-010
32 – 38
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the powers and duties of library boards of trustees to hire and terminate library directors.
Current Idaho law forces cities that run their own libraries to hire and fire the city's Library Director through a Library Commission. This legislation provides such cities with making this personnel decision directly, through the city council and library board of trustees. This adds the city council along with the library board of trustees to who can hire and fire a library director.
Jeff Cornilles · HD-012A
28 – 6
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain sales tax exemptions for occasional sales and small sellers.
Current law allows an individual to only have 2 yard sales per year before they have to start collecting sales tax irrespective of the total dollars in sales. This legislation still allows the 2 yard sales but also allows an unlimited number of yard sales provided that the total sales per year is less than the $5000 limit established under the small sellers law. Additionally, this legislation clarifies how sales of more than $5000 are to be addressed.
Jason Monks · HD-022B
34 – 0
States findings of the House of Representatives and repeals and replaces House Rule 45 to provide for an Ethics and House Policy Committee and amends House Rule 26 to remove a provision.
RS33624C1 / HR027 The major changes to the House Ethics rule (Rule 45) are as follows: 1) all meetings are closed; 2) there are no attorneys as advisors or otherwise; 3) the chairman of the Ethics committee is elected by the committee; and 4) a verbal report will be made by the committee chairman to the body of the number of complaints received and their disposition. House Rule 26 is amended to strike the provision respecting the exception to the Open Meetings rule as it is no longer necessary.
Vito Barbieri · HD-003A
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.
RS33702 / H0905 This appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE) provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a funds transfer from the higher education institutions for a centralized learning management system (LMS) contract, a transfer of risk managers from OSBE to Boise State University, Idaho State University, and the University of Idaho, and appropriation of the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant.
James Petzke · HD-021A
23 – 11
Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit the purchase of single-family homes by institutional investors.
RS33818 / H0947 This legislation seeks to prohibit the purchase of single family homes in the state of Idaho by REITS and Corporations registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jaron Crane · HD-012B
Amends existing law to provide for certified interior designers to be able to sign and seal certain technical submissions and to make such submissions to state or local governmental entities.
This legislation exempts the practice of interior design from the Idaho Architecture Practice Act to allow certified interior designers to sign and seal technical submissions for a limited set of drawings that are nonstructural and non-seismic interior construction and alteration projects. Additionally, this legislation establishes a voluntary certification for interior designers to be administered by the Idaho Board of Architects and Landscape Architects in order for interior designers to obtain sign and seal privileges. The certification is voluntary and will not require certification for interior designers who choose not to obtain it. Interior designers are trained, tested through education, experience, and examination to create safe, functional, accessible, and code compliance spaces. This legislation establishes a pathway for interior designers to practice to the fullest extent of their education and training.
Dori Healey · HD-015B
28 – 7
Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
RS33710 / H0908 This appropriation to the Military Division provides enhancements to the maintenance budget that include funding for indirect cost recovery of administrative costs associated with federal grants and a restoration of the additional 2% rescission to the division's General Fund appropriation for the State Education Assistance Program, which provides tuition assistance to members of the Idaho National Guard. A cash transfer to reimburse deficiency warrants for cleanup of hazardous materials incidents is also included.
James Petzke · HD-021A
27 – 7
States findings of the Legislature and calls on the President of the United States and Congress to assist states in covering the costs of educating students residing in the United States regardless of immigration status.
RS33682 / HJM020 This monument memorializes that due to the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Plyler v. Doe (1982, 457 U.S. 202), Idaho is required to offer free public K-12 education to every student regardless of immigration status. However, it is not clear that the federal government fully reimburses Idaho to compensate for this requirement. Since immigration policy is set by the federal government, this monument calls on the U.S. Congress make Idaho whole for meeting this requirement.
Steve Tanner · HD-013B
Repeals existing law related to financial assistance eligibility.
The purpose of this legislation is to repeal the last section of the county medical indigent program, which no longer exists (program repealed in HB735a in 2022). This section was left in to finish out the last of the program but is no longer needed.
Jordan Redman · HD-003B
32 – 3
Relates to the appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
RS33671 / S1386 This appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes Dedicated Fund Budget Restoration and OITS Hardware. This bill also provides a supplemental appropriation to the FY 2026 budget, which includes a Dedicated Fund Rescission Restoration.
Kevin Cook · SD-032
49 – 21
States findings of the Legislature, supports federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, and urges Congress to fully cooperate with these efforts.
RS33683 / HJM019 This memorial expresses the position of the Idaho Legislature in support of President Trump’s desire to eliminate the United States Department of Education and to return primary authority over education policy to the states.
Jason Monks · HD-022B
20 – 5
Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions for the opening of the shotgun sporting complex adjacent to Farragut State Park.
In 2023, the legislature passed House Bill No. 304 which directed the Idaho fish and game commission (IDFG) to expend up to five million dollars in federal funds through the Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration act to purchase a specific plot of forty to sixty acres of land that the Coeur d’Alene Skeet and Trap Club occupies and leases from the Coeur d’Alene airport in Hayden, Idaho. The FAA and the Federal Wildlife Service could not agree on price for the ground, which has likely killed the potential for a purchase of said ground. This legislation codifies an alternative that was proposed by IDFG, whereby IDFG will lease the current location for a period of years until the operation can be moved to IDFG in Farragut State Park where it will be expanded. The lease and the move and expansion are codified herein. This legislation codifies an alternative that was proposed by IDFG, whereby IDFG will lease the current location for a period of years until the operation can be moved to IDFG in Farragut State Park where it will be expanded. The lease and the move and expansion are codified herein.
Doug Okuniewicz · SD-003
66 – 0
Amends existing law to provide for the expiration of temporary rules.
This legislation makes minor changes to Idaho Code Sections 67-5226 and 67-5291 of the Idaho Administrative Procedure Act. It provides clarity, continuity, and consistency regarding the expiration of certain temporary rules. Specifically, this legislation specifies that when a temporary rule is not approved by a concurrent resolution of the legislature the temporary rule shall expire by its own terms or on June 30 of the year following the temporary rule’s adoption. Currently, such temporary rules expire either by their own terms or upon adjournment sine die of the legislature, which has caused issues because pending rules approved by concurrent resolution do not become final rules and effective until July 1. Thus, current law creates a time gap between when temporary rules expire, and pending rules become final rules. This legislation would eliminate that gap.
Jim Guthrie · SD-028
35 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2027.
RS33547 / H0877 This appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides additional funding to the FY 2027 budget for a lease increase for the Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Elaine Price · HD-004B
32 – 3
Relates to the appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System for fiscal year 2027.
RS33546 / H0868 This appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System provides onetime enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include funding for a pension software upgrade, continuity-of-operations plan, and replacement items.
Steve Miller · HD-024B
25 – 9
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Lottery for fiscal year 2027.
RS33643 / S1381 This appropriation to the State Lottery provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include replacement computer equipment such as desktops, laptops, and Apple workstations used to develop scratch games.
Jim Woodward · SD-001
36 – 34
Amends existing law to provide that procedures used in an execution shall not be subject to certain provisions of law.
This legislation amends parts of Title 19, Chapter 27, Idaho Code to extend legal protections from discovery or disclosure of certain persons and entities to carry out the death penalty by lethal injection to certain persons and entities to carry out the death penalty by firing squad. Death penalty by firing squad will become the primary method of execution beginning July 1, 2026.
Bruce Skaug · HD-010B
34 – 1
States findings of the Legislature and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho Department of Insurance, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, and the Department of Commerce have been reviewed and approved by the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee, with an exception.
RS33755 / SR123 This Senate Resolution shows that the Senate Commerce & Human Resources Committee has reviewed and approved all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho Department of Insurance, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, and the Department of Commerce, except for the temporary rule in Docket No. 24-3950-2501, which the Committee did not hear. Additionally, the Committee voted that the following pending rules have early effective dates of sine die. The pending rule in Docket No. 18-0415-2501 and pending rule in Docket No. 24-3950-2501.
Brian Lenney · SD-013
Amends existing law to provide for shooting of coyotes, wolves, and red foxes from aircraft.
This legislation would amend 22-102A, Idaho Code, which provides for the permitting of the use of aircraft in controlling unprotected or predatory animals. The amendments will account for the movement of current administrative rule language into the statute because it is beneficial to have all related requirements related to this matter in a single location in Idaho Code.
John Shirts · HD-009A
6 – 28
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish a state property tax and to provide certain exemptions to such tax.
RS33664 / H0886 This legislation establishes a state property tax to fund Idaho’s public safety infrastructure, provide primary property tax relief, and support local infrastructure. To accomplish this goal, the legislation provides an exemption for personal property, operating property, forest land, mineral/mining development, homestead property, real property (i.e., commercial, industrial, agriculture), any residential property owned by an individual holding an Idaho homestead exemption, and residential property occupied by a long-term tenant on at least a seven-month lease. The tax rate is 2.5 mills on each dollar of taxable value, which equals $0.25 per $100. The funds are collected at the county level, and the state redistributes 100% of the collected funds back to the respective counties and cities where the tax was collected. First, 50% of the collected funds will be returned to the counties to fund law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical services. Second, 30% of the collected funds will be returned to the county as a flat property tax deduction for homeowners with a homestead exemption. Finally, the remaining 20% of the collected funds is directed toward infrastructure, capital expenditures, and maintenance.
Britt Raybould · HD-034B
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the Project Choice program fee.
RS33676 / S1379 This proposal makes changes to Idaho Code 49-454 - PROJECT CHOICE and IC 67-2914 - Idaho Law Enforcement Fund Established. The Idaho State Police (ISP) has had difficulty recruiting and retaining commissioned peace officers, and one of the cited concerns for our troopers leaving has been pay. Almost 20 years ago, the legislature created the PROJECT CHOICE program fee of $3.00 on vehicle registration in Idaho Code 49-454. These funds are deposited into the Idaho Law Enforcement Fund, as outlined in Idaho Code Section 67-2914. It is proposed that the project choice program fee in IC 49-454 be increased from $3.00 to $8.00, allowing the ISP to fund adjustments to commissioned personnel salaries to remain competitive with law enforcement agencies that offer higher pay and attract/take our troopers. The PROJECT CHOICE FEE was created to assist ISP in recruiting and retaining staff.
Jim Woodward · SD-001
28 – 7
States findings of the Legislature and supports various water projects within Water District 3.
The Purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to formally recognize the vital economic and hydrologic contributions of Idaho Water Resource Board District 3, encompassing the Magic Valley and Wood River Basins. The resolution declares legislative support for a specific suite of infrastructure projects essential to the region's stability. Furthermore, the legislation affirms the state's commitment to the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA), declaring these investments necessary to protect public safety, sustain the nation's most concentrated dairy industry, and secure the long term water supply for Idaho's agricultural economy.
Kelly Anthon · SD-027
53 – 14
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding costs associated with the annexation of certain property by cities.
It is the intent of the legislature to honor and uphold the rights of private landowners. This means that to the extent possible, the government is not to create a heavy burden on a landowner and their ability to manage their property. This was a central theme when penning the Declaration of Independence. Recognizing that there are times when municipalities do find it necessary to annex property, the municipalities are being asked to use the lightest touch possible. This legislation requires the municipalities to incur the costs if the city created the costs. Other options include allowing landowners to replace a septic system.
Barbara Ehardt · HD-033A
34 – 0