Idaho Legislature 2026 Bills to Support or Oppose
We hope you will support or oppose (as appropriate) Idaho Legislature bills we've reviewed for 2026. We've collected our related Substack Notes in one convenient place. Updated regularly.
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Last update 03/20/26
Quick Guide to Staying Involved in 2026 Idaho Legislature
2026 Idaho Legislative Session began Monday, January 12, 2026. The transmittal deadline for submitting new bills is March 9, 2026. We expect another exhausting marathon with HUNDREDS of bills. We will comment and write legislators about many. Hope you will too!
Look to this page for…
🔥Quick Guide to Bills
Idaho Legislature (Official Source)
Find status of any bill (click each tab as needed): https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/
LEGISLATION BY NUMBER
LEGISLATION BY SUBJECT
ENACTED LEGISLATION
VETOED LEGISLATION
WEEKLY BILL STATUS
Gem State Chronicle
Idaho Insider Legislative Branch. One-stop shopping for information about Idaho’s legislators including quick ways to email legislators.
Watch the Legislature. Streaming videos from House, Senate, and Committees.
Committee Daily Summary. Opens Idaho Legislature calendars page.
Legislative Reports. Opens reports to Idaho Legislature page.
🔥Selected Bill Recommendations
2A Second Amendment
Crime & Illegal Immigration
Education, Family & DEI
Elections & Election Integrity
Energy, Environment, Food & Farms, Land Use & Housing
Free Speech
Health & Heath Freedom
Miscellaneous + Government, State Security, Surveillance, AI, Taxes, Spending & Money
Gem State Chronicle
Additional Resources
Key Articles
Health Freedom
Idaho Legislature Resources
Bill Trackers & Analyses
🤑 Follow the Money 👣
Advocacy, Testimony, & Legislator Interaction
☎️📧 Contacting Your Idaho Legislators
Selected Bill Recommendations
Click image above or visit https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/ for current information. Then click various tabs to view legislation by Number, Subject, Enacted Legislation, Vetoed Legislation, and Weekly Bill Status. You also can type text into the Search box to find a bill.
💡We highly recommend Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Bill 2026 Bill Analyses. We usually agree with their ratings. Plus, IFF is more experienced than we are and they rate more bills.
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We plan to crank out and share our opinions on Idaho bills that are most important to us as quickly as possible. Call it “Operation Warp Speed” (OWS) for bills, but let’s hope for better outcomes than OWS gave us.
Please forgive frenzy-induced errors in our analyses or typing. We’re running as fast as we can. As always, take everything we write with several grains of salt, but know that our intentions are always honorable.
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Note: Bills marked with strikeout text are: bills revised in a later bill with the same name, bills pulled by their sponsor, or bills that were voted down or vetoed. (Some bills may appear in more than one category.)
AI To the Rescue
We often use Grok AI (https://grok.com/) or Chat GPT (https://chatgpt.com/) and other AI resources to help us tease out legalese before we read a bill, after we read it, and as a guide when communicating with legislators. We link to the bill’s PDF file and use a query such as the following to get a summary:
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Please summarize the linked file. Do not use outside links. Create a summary paragraph, use bold headings, paragraphs and bullets for rest of file.
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📌 AI is NOT a substitute for actually reading and thinking about a bill. Sometimes AI skips important details or gets things dead wrong. So keep your brain engaged when using AI.
🔥 The Green Book Advisors or Influencers? Inside Idaho’s Lobbyist Machine. By Sen. Christy Zito (02/17/26)
2A Second Amendment
YES on S1298 - Self-defense, immunity, reimburse (Posted: 02/22/26) | Related Substack Note: Idaho Legislature - STAND YOUR GROUND SHIELD ACT - S1298. By Zito for Idaho (02/21/26)
YES on S1349 – Machine guns (Posted: 03/09/26)
Crime & Illegal Immigration
03/07/26 Update: Sen. Brian Lenney provides update on Idaho’s immigration bills. Not looking good for meaningful reform. Watch (video ~6 min)
🔥 03/06/26 Update: After reading Idaho Senator’s Brandon Shippy’s Substack Article “When Compliance Replaces Freedom,” we have changed our stance on forcing businesses to use E-Verify and now object to it due to the surveillance risks and burdens placed on law-abiding citizens and businesses.
Please disregard our support for requiring all employers to use E-Verify in the notes below. (We simply do not have time to update all of them, so consider this message as the update.)
DISCLAIMER: We do not support illegal immigration. NOT AT ALL! We believe better solutions include:
Close our borders to illegal immigration and keep them closed.
Deport illegal immigrants immediately (federal agents with local sheriff cooperation).
Arrest and jail illegal immigrants who commit and are convicted of additional crimes (being an illegal immigrant is the initial crime).
Do not wait for jail sentences to complete before deporting them to their home countries. US taxpayers should not pay for their housing, even in jail.
Alert home countries of crimes, and let home countries deal with them.
Do not fund any support for illegal immigrants, including education, housing, and medical care other than absolute emergency medical care. Then see #2 above.
Provide smoother paths to LEGAL immigration.
Require photo ID for driver’s licenses and voting, but not using national databases. Proper ID and citizenship requirements should be enforced at the local level when registering to vote, to drive, etc.
See Idaho Legislature & E-Verify — When Compliance Replaces Freedom. A Conservative Case Against Mandatory E-Verify in Idaho. By Brandon Shippy (03/05/26)
👉 For best, most complete information on illegal immigration and related legislation in Idaho, visit Idaho Immigration Watch for:
Action items (volunteer, donate, request a speaker)
Follow the money (Big Ag & Cheap Labor, Not for Sale Legislators, Legislator Watch List)
About Idaho Immigration Watch.
Related press conference (02/03/26, video 37:16).
Illegal Immigration — Idaho Built an Ag Empire on Modern Day Slavery. Tens of thousands trapped by fear, debt, and deportation threats. By Senator Brian Lenney (02/15/26)
🔥🔥Take Action: Save Idaho’s Strongest Illegal Immigration Bills: H700 and H704 (Posted 03/03/26) TAKE ACTION NOW!
🚨ALERT: Idaho Immigration Bills Hang in the Balance (posted 03/11/26 from email received from Idaho Freedom Caucus 03/10/26)
NO on H0489 - Mask, disguise prohibited(Posted: 01/17/26, replaced by H0685 which is much better)NO on H0493 - Commercial sexual activity, penalty (Posted: 01/21/26, updated 01/28/26)
NO on H0498 - Legislature, private counsel (Posted: 01/22/26)
NO on S1226 - Collection of DNA, thumbprints (Posted: 01/26/26) - PASSED
MAYBE on H0523 - State property, camping, bans(Posted: 01/29/26, bill will be amended, likely removing the State Property free speech issues; replaced by H0603 - Capitol mall, camping, property)NO on S1247 - Idaho E-Verify act(Posted: 02/04/26, updated 02/19/26)NOTE 🆕
H0584 is a better bill than S1247 because it includes enforcement and penalties. The best bill is H0704, a likely replacement for H0584. H0700 is a fallback if H0704 fails. Also, please check https://www.idahoimmigrationwatch.org/bill-tracker for detailed analysis and updates. See details below.
YES on H0603 - Capitol mall, camping, property (Posted: 02/10/26) — PASSED
YES on H0584 - Workers, lawful status (Posted: 02/10/26, updated 02/19/26)
YES on H0592 - Patient immigration status data (Posted: 02/11//26)
YES on H0656 - Students, immigration data (Posted: 02/14/26)
YES on H0602 - Idaho courts, foreign law (Posted: 02/16/26)
YES on H0659 - Immigration, memo of agreement (Posted: 02/17/26) | Related: You sick of this yet? By Sen. Brian Lenney (03/09/26)
YES on H0660 - Immigration status, arrested (Posted: 02/17/26)
MAYBE or YES on H0685 - Disguise prohibited, crime (Posted: 02/18/26)
YES on H0693 - Concealing, shielding, aliens(Posted: 02/18/26, replaced by H0764)YES on H0704 - Unauthorized workers (Posted: 02/21/26)
YES on S1318 - Refugee resettlement, audit (Posted: 02/24/26)
YES on H0700 - Unauthorized workers (Posted: 02/25/26)
YES on H0764 - Concealing, shielding aliens (Posted: 02/27/26)
Education, Family & DEI
NO on S1228 - Sexual orientation, gender identity (Posted: 01/24/26)
YES on H0534 - Parent-Student Driver’s Training (Posted: 02/02/26)
YES on H0601 - Government unions(Posted: 02/10/26, replaced by H0745)YES on H0606 - Restrooms, opposite sex(Posted: 02/11/26, replaced by H0752)YES on H0607 - Priv & safety in public buildings (Posted: 02/12/26)
YES on HJR009 - School attendance, parents, govt (Posted: 02/13/26) - FAILED House Ayes 44 Nays 25 Abs/Excd 1
YES on H0628 - Parent-student driver’s training (Posted: 02/13/26) - PASSED
YES on S1285 - Home schl diploma equivalency (Posted: 02/17/26, updated 02/27/26, title changed to S1285 - Nonpublic schl diploma equivalency, text replaced “home” with “nonpublic” school, age limit changed from 21 to 18)
YES on H0739 - Pediatric transitions parent rights(Posted: 02/23/26). Replaced by H0822YES on H0745 - Government unions (Posted: 02/24/26)
NO S1290 - Public school social access pass (Posted 02/24/26, Homeschool Idaho Recommendation)
YES on H0752 - Restroom, changing room, opp sex (Posted: 02/24/26)
YES on S1336 - Civics education (Posted: 02/26/26)
NO on H0786 - Education, supplemental levies (Posted: 02/28/26)
YES on H0822 - Pediatric transitions parent rights (Posted: 03/06/26)
YES on H0824 - Child custody (Posted: 03/06/26)
YES on H0828 - Merit-based health care(Posted: 03/09/26, replaced by H0928)YES on Parental Rights Bills H0857 - H0858 - H0859 - H0860 (Posted: 03/12/26)
NO on S1374 - Idaho child care program (Posted: 03/12/26)
YES on HJM020 - Education, federal funding (Posted: 03/13/26)
YES on H0928 - Merit-based health care (Posted: 03/19/26)
Elections & Election Integrity
YES on H0501 - Signature gatherers, notice (Posted: 01/21/26)
YES on S1237 - Voting, affidavit, repeal(Posted: 02/03/26, replaced by S1322)YES on H0697 - Voting, illegal activity (Posted: 02/18/26) — PASSED
YES on S1324 - Judges, vacancies, residency (Posted: 02/21/26)
YES on S1322 - Affidavit in lieu of identification (Posted: 02/21/26)
NO on H0735 - Elections, canvassing activities (Posted: 02/21/26, may be unconstitutional)
YES on S1343 - Judges, retirement (Posted: 03/01/26)
NO on S1411 - Canvassing, signature gatherers (Posted: 03/20/26)
Energy, Environment, Food & Farms, Land Use & Housing
YES on H0554 - Abatement districts(Posted: 02/02/26) |Health Freedom Idaho call to action(posted 02/09/26) | Replaced by H0747NO on S1271 - Rats, health and safety nuisance (Posted: 02/12/26, fully revised 02/27/26) — FAILED
NO on S1277, S1279, S1280, and H0647 Land Use Proposals. Preserve Individual Property Rights and Local Control(Posted: 02/14/26)YES on S1283 - Direct-to-consumer foods (Posted: 02/16/26) - PASSED
NO on S1269 - Cloud seeding programs (Posted 02/21/26) | 🔥Substack Note CALL TO ACTION to contact Full Senate (Posted 03/01/26) | Substack Note video testimony against S1269 (Posted 03/02/26) — PASSED
YES on H0669 - Cloud seeding — needs a fair hearing, not just filing in the House Office Chief Clerk! (Posted 02/21/26, updated 02/26/26)
Yes on HJM015 - Weather modification(Posted 02/21/26) |Summary of HJM015 article by Sara A(HJM018 replaced HJM015)NO on H0708 - Homeowner’s associations, dissolve (Posted: 02/20/26)
NO on H0705 - Multifamily dwellings(Posted: 02/21/26)YES on H0730 - SNAP, integrity and verification (Posted: 02/22/26)
YES on H0747 - Abatement districts (Posted: 02/24/26) | Substack Note Call to Action for 03/02/26
NO on H0781 - Agricultural pests (needs amendments) (Posted: 02/28/26)
YES on S1342 - Household egg production (Posted: 02/28/26)
NO on S1352, S1353, S1354, and H0800 Land Use Proposals. Preserve Individual Property Rights and Local Control (Posted: 03/05/26)
NO on H0802 - Multifamily dwellings (Posted: 03/05/26)
YES on HJM018 - Solar geoengineering (HJM018 replaced HJM015), Posted: 03/08/26)
YES on HCR032 - Energy sovereignty (Posted: 03/09/26)
VOTE MAYBE on H0895 - Data centers, water use, cooling. Needs amendments to protect all water users (Posted: 03/17/26)
NO on H0904 - Single-family home, foreign persons (Posted: 03/18/26)
NO on SJM115 - Pelican population, curtailment (Posted: 03/19/26)
NO on S1353 - Twin home, duplex regulations (Posted: 03/19/26)
NO on S1352 - Starter home subdivision (Posted: 03/19/26)
VOTE NO on S1354 - Accessory dwelling units (Posted: 03/20/26)
Free Speech
MAYBE on H0523 - State property, camping, bans(Posted: 01/29/26, bill will be amended, likely removing the State Property free speech issues; replaced by H0603 - Capitol mall, camping, property)YES on H0603 - Capitol mall, camping, property (Posted: 02/10/26)
Health & Heath Freedom
YES on H0528 - Directed blood product transfusion (Posted: 01/27/26, updated 02/11/26) - PASSED
🔥Substack Note CALL TO ACTION for Testimony to House Health & Welfare Committee (Posted 02/08/26, updated 02/11/26)
🔥Substack Note CALL TO ACTION for testimony to Senate Health & Welfare Committee (Posted 02/20/26)
🔥Substack Note CALL TO ACTION to contact Senate Health & Welfare Committee (Posted 02/23/26)
🔥Substack Note CALL TO ACTION to contact Full Senate (Posted 03/01/26)
YES on H0529 - Health care cash payments(Posted: 01/27/26, replaced by H0929)NO on S1253 - Rural health transformation(Posted: 02/06/26)NOYES on S1264 - Rural health transformation (Posted: 02/10/26; updated 03/11/26, See also H0862, H0916). Note: Substack bugs prevented fully corrected version of this note.YES on H0574 - Medical mandates(Posted: 02/13/26) |Related Substack NoteWhy The Medical Freedom Act Matters… (Posted: 02/13/26). Replaced by H0808NO on S1294 - Infant hearing loss screening (Posted: 02/17/26)
YES on S1316 - Infant required tests, exemptions (Posted: 02/18/26). Updated 02/18/26.
S1346 - Gene therapy products, moratorium
Substack Note: Gene therapy vaccine moratorium for children and pregnant women (Posted 02/18/26, Updated 02/26/26)
VOTE YES on S1346 - Gene therapy products, moratorium (Posted: 03/03/26)
A win! S1346 passes Idaho Health & Wellness Committee. By Sasha Latypova (03/05/26)
Readers in Idaho: please call your representative and consider attending the March 25 hearing for S1346, a 2 year moratorium on mRNA “vaccines”. By Sasha Latypova (03/20/26) | Our related Substack Note (03/20/26)
YES on H0757- Medical neglect (Posted: 02/26/26) | 🔥URGENT ACTION ITEM Substack Note (posted 03/17/26)
YES (with reservations) on HCR030 - Medicaid managed care (Posted: 02/26/26) — PASSED
NO on H0776 - Safety checks, children under one (Posted 02/27/26)
YES on H0808 - Medical mandates (Posted: 03/04/26, last update 03/05/26)
Substack Note Why The Medical Freedom Act Matters… (Posted: 02/13/26).
Substack Note New Poll by Zogby + Plea to House House Health & Welfare (Posted 03/06/26)
Substack Note 📢Idaho Health Freedom Alert: Request a Hearing for HB808 (no) Medical Mandates Bill (Posted 03/06/26)
Substack Note 🔥Stand for Health Freedom: H0808 Idaho Medical Freedom Expansion Bill has a hearing! (Posted 03/11/26, updated 03/12/26)
Substack Note Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) Capitol Clarity: Ending Vaccine Mandates (Posted 03/18/26)
NOYES on H0862 - Rural health transformationYES (with STRONG reservations) on H0916 - Rural health transformation (Posted: 03/19/26)
NO on H0929 - Health care cash payments (Posted: 03/19/26)
Miscellaneous + Government, State Security, Surveillance, AI, Taxes, Spending & Money
MAYBE on SCR114 - Bill drafting, limits (Posted: 01/24/26)
NO on H0508 - Bike, ped projects, fed funds (Posted: 01/24/26)
NO on H0494 - Background checks, hlth and welfare (Posted: 01/25/26)
NO on HCR023 - Article V convention, term limits (Posted: 01/31/26) - FAILED
NO on HCR025 - Article V convention, balanced budget amendment (Posted: 01/31/26) - FAILED
NO on H0542 - Harms from addictive social media (Posted: 02/01/26)
YES on H0534 - Parent-Student Driver’s Training (Posted: 02/02/26)
NO on H0546 - Restroom access act (Posted: 02/02/26)
YES on H0561 - Flags, governmental entities (Posted: 02/04/26)
H0561 Substack Note Action Item (Posted: 03/12/26)
YES on H0557 - Antidiscrimination, local gov (Posted: 02/04/26)
NO on H0586 - FAST act, stablecoins(Posted: 02/06/26). Replaced by H0821NO on H0587 - Rangeland improvement account (Posted: 02/06/26) - PASSED
YES on H0601 - Government unions(Posted: 02/10/26, replaced by H0745)YES on H0603 - Capitol mall, camping, property (Posted: 02/10/26) - PASSED
YES on H0617 - Programmable money(Posted: 02/12/26, replaced by H0709)NO on S1297 - Conversational AI safety act (Posted: 02/17/26). Last update 02/21/26
YES on S1299 - Digital ID, limitations (Posted: 02/18/26)
YES on H0709 - Programmable money (Posted: 02/18/26)
YES on S1327 - Precinct committeemen (Posted: 02/20/26)
YES on S1326 - Property rights protection (Posted: 02/20/26) | Dorothy Moon Op-Ed: The Importance of Defending Private Property in Support of S1326 (03/19/26)
NO on S1329 - Cash rounding(Posted: 02/21/26, replaced by S1350)NO on H0732 - Sales tax exemption, Salvation Army (Posted: 02/22/26)
YES on H0730 - SNAP, integrity and verification (Posted: 02/22/26)
YES on H0745 - Government unions (Posted: 02/24/26)
YES on H0744 - Biometric identifiers (Posted: 02/24/26)
NO on H0786 - Education, supplemental levies (Posted: 02/28/26)
YES on S1338 - State treasurer, gold and silver (Posted: 02/28/26)
YES on S1344 - Legislative authority (Posted: 03/01/26)
YES on H0743 - State law, enforcement(Posted: 03/01/26, replaced by H0896)YES on S1350 - Cash rounding (Posted 03/04/26)
NO on H0821 - FAST act, stablecoins(Posted: 03/06/26, replaced by H0901)NO on S1360 - Project choice, fee(Posted: 03/08/26, replaced by S1379)NO on H0825 - License plates, fees, America250 (Posted: 03/09/26)
NO on H0842 - Taxing districts, budget limits (Posted: 03/09/26)
YES on S1351 - Office vacancies, governor duties (Posted: 03/09/26)
YES on H0850 - Medicaid expansion repeal (Posted: 03/10/26)
NO on S1379 - Project choice, fee (Posted: 03/12/26)
NO on S1374 - Idaho child care program (Posted: 03/12/26)
NO on H0861 - Department of commerce, tax revenue (Posted: 03/12/26)
NO on H0886 - State property tax (Posted: 03/13/26)
YES on H0894 - Open meetings, recording (Posted: 03/17/26)
YES on H0896 - State law, compliance (Posted: 03/17/26)
NO on H0901 - FAST act, stablecoins (Posted: 03/17/26)
Resources
Gem State Chronicle
We cannot possibly compete with the incredible work being done by Brian Almon at Gem State Chronicle, so we gladly join him. To keep up with the latest news from Idaho Legislature, please see these resources from Gem State Chronicle:
Idaho Insider Legislative Branch. One-stop shopping for information about Idaho’s legislators.
Gem State Chronicle Web App. Bring the resources of Idaho Insider to your iPhone or Android (01/14/26) 🆕
Resources
Press Releases. Latest press releases about legislative session and more.
Watch the Legislature. Streaming videos from House, Senate, and Committees.
Committee Daily Summary. Opens Idaho Legislature calendars page.
Legislative Reports. Opens Reports to the Legislature page.
Additional Resources
Idaho Legislature Resources section below.
Idaho Bill Trackers & Analysis section below.
Key Articles
How To Be an Effective Legislative Advocate (video 50:39)
Proper Role of Government — Warnings From the Past America Can’t Afford to Ignore
A Budget Idahoans Can Afford. The G8 Budget Pledge to Restore Affordability and Budget Stability in Idaho. By Idaho Gang of Eight (01/20/26) | Substack Note
A Conservative Budget Plan. Idaho Freedom Foundation (video 21:19 includes transcript)
Idaho Doesn’t Have a Revenue Problem — It Has a Spending Problem
Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Plans to Secure Medical Freedom in Idaho
Health Freedom
Health Freedom & Other Solutions for Idaho & Beyond (updated as needed)
Idaho Legislature Resources
Idaho Legislative Budget Books (big and scary) 🆕
How a Bill Becomes Law. By Idaho State Legislature.
Rules about Personal Bills (House only). By ChatGPT.
2026 Regular Legislative Session Main page
You’ll find…
Bill Center - text, history, statements of purpose, fiscal notes of legislation
Legislation by Bill Number (Mini-Data)
Legislation By Subject/Topic
Enacted Legislation - bills passed and filed with the Secretary of State
Vetoed Legislation - bills passed by the Legislature and vetoed by the Governor
Ongoing Weekly Bill Status
Key Actions - key pieces of legislation passed during the 2026 legislative session
Calendars and Agendas - House and Senate reading calendars and committee agendas
House and Senate Journals - daily record of the business of the House and Senate
Committee Minutes - minutes of House and Senate standing committees
Administrative Rules Reviewed - state agency rules received during 2024 interim
Administrative Rules Review Books - state agency rules received during interim
Legislative Directory - legislator, state agencies, and legislative staff information
Mini Directory - summary of legislator information
Progress Report - week-to-week comparison and count of prepared legislation
2026 Legislation by Bill Number (minidata). Status of each bill, resolution, proclamation, and memorials.
2026 Legislation passed into Law. Click ENACTED LEGISLATION tab.
2026 Legislative Session Idaho Governor. Includes Daily Tracking sheet of bills signed, vetoed, and unsigned. Unsigned bills automatically become law on the indicated date if not vetoed. Governor has 5 days to sign (excluding Sundays) if legislature is in session, 10 days if not.
⭐ Sign up at bottom of the page for email alerts whenever Tracking sheet page is updated.
Bill Trackers & Analyses
🔥Idaho Legislature 2026 My Bill Tracker (set up a free account and receive status emails about bills you care about) | User Manual
🔥Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF)
2026 Bill Analyses — especially consider IFF’s spending bill analyses, which we do not cover due to our non-mathematical brain.
Idaho Legislative Index Tracker. Includes two tabs. All columns are sortable and you can Search for text in any column. Click on any underlined bill score to see details of a bill’s IFF rating. 🆕
Legislative Calendar tab: Shows current day calendar for House or Senate, including Bill Number, Description (for rated bills), IFF Rating Status, Bill Score, and Calendar Status.
Rated Legislation tab: Select from Bills Rated Since…, Chamber, and Scores (all, positive, negative, or neutral). Shows Bill Number, Description, Bill Score, and which Index applies.
Chairman’s Drawer — Bills that have been Blocked / Delayed / Held in Drawer by Chairman during the Session
Idaho Legislature Bill Ratings and Analyses are Flowing (Substack Note)
🔥Bill Track 50 (BillTrack50). Sign up for a free account or pay subscription fee for more features. Start Tracking | Substack Note
🔥FastDemocracy. Sign up for a free account or pay subscription fee for more features. Start Tracking | Substack Note
🤑 Follow the Money 👣
Who could be influencing legislators? Resources & tools
Idaho Legislature: Follow the Money + Transparency in the Idaho Legislature (our opinion, posted 02/24/25)
Advocacy, Testimony, & Legislator Interaction
From Frustration to Influence: Turning Disagreement into Action. By Idaho Rep. Heather Scott (07/23/25)
How To Be an Effective Legislative Advocate (video 50:39, includes transcript)
How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature
🆕 Gem State Chronicle: How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature (Substack note about Brian Almon’s article)
🆕 Idaho Freedom Foundation — Legislature 201 (budgeting process):
01/15/26, video 01:11:32 includes transcript: https://www.youtube.com/live/TD85R8nCt_U?si=rpdp5NLjJUDeKr5d
Idaho Freedom Foundation — Legislature 101:
01/09/25, video 30:05 includes transcript: https://youtu.be/u4eIOmnZUkw?feature=shared
01/08/24, video 56:47 includes transcript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7U3CWo9uew
Idaho Family Strong Training Videos (under 3 minutes each): https://idahofamilystrong.org/training-videos/
🆕 📌 Idaho Insider (Gem State Chronicle). Here are easy steps for signing up to testify at a committee hearing or simply to attend the hearing. Other methods exist, starting from the main Idaho Legislature’s Committees menu, but we like this one.
1. Start here (LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES):
2. Choose the Committee you want under HOUSE or SENATE (e.g., Senate Education). You’ll be taken to the page for the committee you chose.
3. Under LINKS, choose Sign Up For Public Testimony. You’ll be taken to the TESTIMONY REGISTRATION (REMOTE & IN PERSON) tab.
4. Find the bill that’s being heard (not all are listed, just upcoming bills). Or, click Sign Up to Attend without Testifying near the top of the page.
5. Scroll down and click the Register to Testify (Remote or In-Person) button next to the bill you want. You’ll be taken to the signup page.
6. Choose one of the following options and follow the steps from there:
For or Against - (No written testimony and will not be testifying before the committee)
In-Person - (Will be testifying before the committee In-Person)
Phone - (Will be testifying before the committee by phone)
Remote / Virtual - (Will be testifying before the committee remotely via ZOOM)
Written Testimony Only - (Will not be testifying before the committee)
☎️📧 Contacting Your Idaho Legislators
Contacting Your Legislators: Idaho Insider makes contacting your legislators, committees, district representatives, and more an absolute breeze. Click a big red button to send emails to a desired group. The tool uses your own email client, places the email addresses in the BCC list, and never goes to a third-party delivery system so is far less likely to be captured in spam filters.
💡Tip: Idaho Insider uses AI to draw its data from the official Idaho legislature website and should update automatically.
Contacting Your Legislators (the old fashioned way): Idaho Legislature website helps you find legislator and committee contact info (photos, names, political affiliations, districts, email addresses, phone numbers, and more).
House: Members | Leadership | Committees
Senate: Members | Leadership | Committees
💡Tip: Your best bet is to use Idaho Insider for most group communication. However, many email systems enable you to create groups of email addresses; simply create a group and enter the individual email addresses for that group. Once you’ve set up a group, you can email the group without having to re-enter individual email addresses. Check your email system’s Help documentation to learn how to set up groups.