Current Legislation

Idaho Laws Passed in 2026

These are brief, easy-to-understand summaries of selected laws passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2026. Click the bill number to visit the Idaho Legislature website, where you can read the complete bill and additional information.

Oversight

Law H0581 – Court Rules: Allows the Legislature to review court rules and identify conflicts with Idaho law.

Law H0561 – Government Flags: Revises which flags government entities may display and establishes penalties and Attorney General enforcement for violations.

Medicaid / Public Assistance

Law H0863 – Medicaid: Revises Medicaid provider payments and adds oversight and reporting requirements.

Law H0913 – Medicaid Work Requirements: Requires work or community engagement for certain Medicaid recipients and periodic eligibility verification.

Law H0730 – SNAP Eligibility: Strengthens eligibility verification and fraud-prevention measures for Idaho’s SNAP food-assistance program.

Illegal Immigration

Law S1260 – Illegal Entry: Clarifies Idaho’s illegal-entry law, including who it applies to, when it may be enforced, and available defenses.

Election Integrity

Law H0532 – Identity Verification: Creates consistent identity-verification requirements for Idaho DMV services.

Law H0697 – Election Crimes: Makes illegal voting, election interference, and tampering with voting or vote-counting systems a felony.

Law H0873 – Election Procedures: Establishes uniform election deadlines and procedures for county clerks.

Safety

Law H0518 – Human Trafficking: Expands the Idaho Attorney General’s authority to investigate and prosecute human trafficking.

Law H0667 – Commercial Driver’s Licenses: Eliminates Idaho’s nondomiciled CDL program.

Law S1270 – Alternative Animal Protein: Requires clear labeling of lab-grown or alternative animal proteins and restricts traditional meat-cut names on those products.

Religious Freedom

Law S1296 – Church Trespassing: Makes it a misdemeanor to trespass at a church with intent to intimidate, harass, or disrupt worship.

Law H0615 – Religious Worship: Makes maliciously and willfully disrupting a religious gathering a misdemeanor.

Education

Law S1339 – School Accountability: Replaces Continuous Improvement Plans with performance plans focused on measurable student results and accountability.

Parental Rights

Law H0822 – Parental Notification and Consent: Requires parental notification and consent before covered providers facilitate a minor’s medical or social gender transition.

Law H0860 – Parental Health Care Rights: Protects parents’ right to make health care decisions for their minor children.

Law H0516 – Parental Rights in Education: Revises Idaho’s parental-rights-in-education law regarding instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Law H0795 – Explicit Materials and Minors: Prohibits public schools and libraries from providing minors access to specified sexually explicit materials.

Property Rights

Law H0749 – City Annexation: Limits when landowners can be required to pay certain costs resulting from a city’s annexation of their property.

Law H0707 – Property Division: Creates a simpler process to divide certain properties containing an existing or approved accessory dwelling unit.

Law S1354 – Accessory Dwelling Units: Protects homeowners’ ability to build accessory dwelling units and limits unreasonable local restrictions.

Law S1326 – Warrantless Searches: Protects privately owned land from warrantless entry by government employees, with limited exceptions.