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 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 revise provisions regarding the homestead property tax exemption.

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.

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.

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

Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding homeowner's associations and to provide for joint ownership associations.

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 the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility requirements and verification.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding abortion trafficking.

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish a state property tax and to provide certain exemptions to such tax.

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.

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.