2026 Legislative Session
These bills are under consideration during the 2026 Legislative session for the state of Idaho.
| Bill Number | Description | Last Action | Support/Oppose |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCR020 | GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS | ADOPTED | |
| HCR024 | FRANK HARWOOD, JOHN MORRISON JR., AND DAVID TYSDAL – States findings of the Legislature and honors fallen firefighters Frank Harwood and John Morrison Jr. and critically injured engineer David Tysdal. | ADOPTED | SUPPORT |
| HB 491 | EMERGENCY FIRST AID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving first aid from damage claims. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 510 | 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. | 1/22 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs | WATCHING |
| HB 537 | OPEN MEETINGS LAW – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings. | 1/28 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs | WATCHING |
| HB 538 | STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General. | 1/28 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs | WATCHING |
| HB 543 | PERSI – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding qualified pre-tax contributions and investment earnings and certain qualified Roth contributions and investment earnings. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 551 | TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the assessment of certain property. (FIRE DISTRICTS) | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 561a | STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 562a | Insurance - Amenda existing law to revise provisions regarding cancellation and nonrenewal of certain policies | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 594 | TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding late charges and interest on certain taxes due and the apportionment of collected late charges and interest to taxing districts. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 600 | PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide for the filing of a complaint by a person aggrieved and to revise provisions regarding denial of a request for disclosure. | 2/06 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 601 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of government unions. | 2/09 - Reported Commerce & HR | WATCHING |
| HB 609 | TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a property tax exemption for certain capital investments. | 2/10- Reported Rev and Tax | WATCHING |
| SB 1261 | PERSI – Amends existing law to provide for a retired member who is appointed to an elective public office. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 618 | INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding transparency requirements for certain insurers. | 2/11 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 619 | WILDFIRE RISK MITIGATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho Wildfire Risk Mitigation Fund Act. | 2/11 - Reported to Business | WATCHING |
| HB 625 | PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide for the filing of a complaint by a person aggrieved and to revise provisions regarding denial of a request for disclosure. | 2/11 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 627 | OPEN MEETINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings to permit recording of such meetings. | 3/6 - General Orders | Opposed - Needs to include language about executive sessions not being recorded |
| HB 632 | 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. | 2/16 - 68-0-2 | WATCHING |
| HB 642 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM – Amends and repeals existing law to establish public safety officer catastrophic injury or death in the line of duty benefits. | Signed by the Governor | SUPPORT |
| HB 643 | 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. | 2/13 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 647 | 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. | 2/13 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 670a | URBAN RENEWAL – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the withdrawal of certain taxing districts from an urban renewal revenue allocation area financing provision. | 3/5- 59-10-1 | SUPPORT |
| SB 1276 | PERSI – Amends existing law to revise a date and to remove a sunset provision regarding the reemployment of certain retired members. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 746 | FIRE – Adds to existing law to provide that deficiency warrants may be issued for providing fire resources for fire suppression. | 3/12 - Rec. General Orders | WATCHING |
| HB 748 | PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide for the filing of a complaint by a person aggrieved and to revise provisions regarding denial of a request for disclosure. | 2/23 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 765 | TAXING DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to allow fire protection districts to enter into certain agreements to transfer territory and to allow certain taxing districts to be exempt from certain budget limitations. | Signed by the Governor | SUPPORT |
| HB 766 | DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES – Amends existing law to revise a definition regarding which governmental entities are authorized to adopt development impact fees. | Signed by the Governor | SUPPORT |
| HB 767 | DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES – Amends existing law to allow development impact fees to be used for certain costs associated with certain fire apparatus replacement. | 3/9 - 51-15-4 3/10- Introduced | SUPPORT |
| HB 797 | FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the residence qualifications for fire protection district commissioners. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| HB 811 | COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for a temporary assessment to fund fire protection and emergency medical services. | 3/18 - Returned to Rev and Tax | WATCHING |
| HB 842 | BUDGET LIMITS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain limitations of budget requests by taxing district and to provide certain exceptions to such limits. | 3/23 - Failed 28-41-1 | OPPOSE |
| SB 1369 | PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS – Adds to and repeals existing law to establish provisions regarding place of trial for certain civil actions. | Signed by the Governor | WATCHING |
| SB 1377 | PUBLIC NOTICES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions allowing certain governmental entities to publish abbreviated public notices in newspapers in lieu of full public notices. | 3/10 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB 878 | WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide an exception to wildland firefighter differential pay. | 3/25 - Ref. to Resources & Conservation | SUPPORT |
| HB 894 | OPEN MEETINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings to permit recording of such meetings. | 3/24 - 67-1-2 3/31 - 33-0-2 | WATCHING |
| HB 926 | COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the formation of community infrastructure districts. | 3/23 - 51-17-2 3/31 - 20-14-1 | WATCHING |
| SB 1425 | WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “first responder” as it relates to psychological accidents and injuries. | 3/23 - Introduced | WATCHING |
| HB959 | TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection districts and ambulance service districts and to revise provisions regarding certain property tax budget limits. | 3/30 - 67-0-3 4/02 - 33-0-2 | SUPPORT |