Bills affecting your community in Idaho (2026 session)

Amends existing law to provide that freedom from discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity is a civil right.

Amends existing law to remove language prohibiting a political subdivision from enacting a minimum wage that is higher than the state minimum wage.

Adds to existing law to establish the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act.

Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of government unions.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the homestead property tax exemption.

Amends and adds to existing law to expand the homestead property tax exemption, to increase the sales tax rate, and to direct sales tax revenue to taxing districts to replace property tax revenue lost from the homestead exemption expansion.

Amends existing law to provide that certain judges shall not be eligible to serve as a senior judge and may not elect to receive certain retirement compensation.

Amends existing law to authorize juvenile probation officers to arrest a juvenile probationer without a warrant for probation violations in certain instances.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding an audit of the resettlement of refugees and to establish provisions regarding the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the conditional release and deportation of illegal alien offenders.

Adds to existing law to provide legislative approval for a state plan amendment regarding incarcerated juveniles transition services.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding patient immigration status data collection.

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.

Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a property tax exemption for certain capital investments.

Amends and repeals existing law to establish public safety officer catastrophic injury or death in the line of duty benefits.

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

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.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals.

Adds to existing law to provide for automatic dissolution of homeowner's associations.