Idaho Bills

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding medical mandates.

Restores medical freedom for all Idahoans by repealing school and daycare vaccine mandate language. Changes the immunization reminder information system back to opt in, which it was in the beginning of its creation. It is a privacy violation for an individual’s confidential medical records to be retained by the state without their knowledge and consent. Makes minor updates and improvements to the Medical Freedom Act, including adding a private right of action for a person whose rights are violated.

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

This legislation establishes a unified, Division wide disciplinary framework for all boards, commissions, committees, and programs administered by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. By consolidating duplicative and inconsistent disciplinary provisions currently scattered across numerous practice acts, the bill creates a single procedural section that standardizes how complaints are processed, how investigations are conducted, what due process protections apply, and how sanctions are imposed. While substantive grounds for discipline will continue to be defined in each profession’s governing statute or standards of practice, this new framework ensures consistency in enforcement processes across all licensed professions regulated by the Division. The proposal preserves and clarifies key enforcement tools such as subpoenas, injunctions, license suspensions, administrative fines, and confidential informal resolutions while ensuring they are applied consistently. It also affirms DOPL’s jurisdiction over expired licenses, permits action against licensees who fail to cooperate with investigations, and provides mechanisms for referring serious violations for criminal prosecution. Complaint intake and file management procedures are formalized to improve transparency, accuracy, and administrative efficiency. All formal discipline will continue to proceed under the contested case provisions of the Idaho Administrative Procedure Act, ensuring due process rights are maintained.

Amends existing law to provide that certain persons may be banned from the Capitol building, the Supreme Court building, Capitol Mall properties, and multiagency facilities.

The Department of Administration and the Idaho State Police jointly provide security for the Capitol Mall. The proposed legislation enhances this security by empowering the Director of the Idaho Department of Administration and the Idaho State Police (plus their representatives) to ban disruptive or non-compliant individuals from entering the Capitol and Supreme Court buildings for up to one year; imposes time limits on how long “symbolic tents” and other structures may remain erected in the Capitol Mall; and formally defines “camping,” while still permitting side‑free canopies for shelter. Additionally, it broadens the scope of property that may be held for at least 90-days.

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.

This legislation is intended to avoid misinterpretation of section 49-673(8), Idaho Code, by clarifying that the failure to use a seatbelt cannot be used as evidence for the purpose of limiting an injured person’s damages.”

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding public school building plan reviews.

This legislation streamlines the permitting process for school facilities by eliminating the requirement that districts obtain plan approval before advertising for bids and by requiring permitting authorities to complete an initial plan review within 30 days of submission.

Adds to existing law to provide for managed recreation opportunities on state endowment lands.

RS33739 / H0910 Idaho Department of Lands does so many things well including fire suppression, timber management and GNA coordination. As recreational opportunities and demands on endowment lands become more frequent it will be difficult to stay ahead of those demands with one full-time recreation staffer statewide. It is unlikely that the Idaho will stand up a full-time recreation bureau for the Department of Lands. This legislation provides the statutory authority for Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation and Idaho Department of Lands to jointly provide recreational opportunities on state endowment lands without infringing on legacy uses of those lands.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding permit and license fees.

This legislative proposal increases alcohol licensing and permit fees over a period of three years across the board to balance the effects of SB 1120, SB1421, and amendments to Idaho Code 23-903. The amendments to the statute prohibit the ability of any new liquor license issued after July 1, 2023, to be sold or transferred, and any existing license prior to July 1, 2023, to be sold or transferred one time under certain conditions. Therefore, it eliminated ABC’s ability to continue to collect the 10% transfer fee in the future when these licenses are sold. Historically, liquor license transfer fees were a large percentage of ABC’s dedicated funding. ABC has seen a dramatic decrease in liquor license transfer fees being collected post FY 23 by 47%. In addition, research indicates that alcohol licensing fees in Title 23 for beer, wine, and liquor-by-the-drink licenses have not been increased, in most cases for decades, since they were initially set by the legislature.

Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding medical neglect for children and vulnerable adults.

This legislation amends Title 16, Idaho Code, to revise the definition of medical neglect as it applies to minor children and vulnerable adults and to affirm the rights of parents and guardians in healthcare decision-making.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding regulation of twin homes and duplexes.

Homeownership is growing increasingly out of reach for many residents due to inflation, artificial scarcity, and other economic factors. In order to decrease red tape and allow the market to further align development incentives with real demand, this legislation legalizes twin homes and duplexes on residential lots where single-family homes are already permitted. It prohibits covenants and local ordinances that ban or effectively block these forms of housing and establishes clear, objective approval standards.

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

This legislation provides that there shall be no duty to maintain or construct any highway or right of way on the part of a county or highway district for those highways or right of ways within the county or public right of way system. Absent evidence to the contrary, there shall be a presumption that the highway or right of way is valid. This legislation will also require a more stringent process when highways or right of ways are created to remove doubt as to whether a highway or right of way is valid