Idaho Legislature 2025 Bills to Support or Oppose
We hope you will support or oppose (as appropriate) Idaho Legislature bills we've reviewed for 2025. We've collected the Substack Notes in one convenient place. Updated regularly. Last update 03/06/25
Quick Guide to Staying Involved in 2025 Idaho Legislature
For in-depth info about what’s happening with the 2025 legislature, please visit Gem State Chronicle or Gem State Substack (Brian Almon). Also see the Idaho Bill Trackers & Analysis section of our Idaho Voting Guide.
Bill Trackers:
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2025 Legislation by Bill Number (minidata)
Idaho Legislature 2025 My Bill Tracker (set up a free account and receive status emails about bills you care about)
Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF)
Gem State Chronicle 2025 Session Snapshot: https://gemstatechronicle.com/session-snapshot/
Secure Idaho: https://www.secureidaho.org/legislative-updates
🤑 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)
How a Bill Becomes Law. By Idaho State Legislature.
How To Be an Effective Legislative Advocate. By Dawn Richardson, National Vaccine Information Center (02/12/25, video 50:39, includes transcript)
How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature
Gem State Chronicle: How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature. By Brian Almon (12/27/24)
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/
Send email to the Idaho House, Idaho Senate, Both, or specified House or Senate Committee: https://emailidaho.com/
Selected Bill Recommendations
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We’ve been cranking out and sharing our opinions on Idaho bills that are most important to us. We’re opining on bills almost as fast as they are being printed (good idea? bad idea?). Call it “Operation Warp Speed” (OWS) for bills, but let’s hope for better outcomes than OWS gave us.
Please forgive any 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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The following recommendations appear in the order we posted them to Substack Notes.
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.)
2A Second Amendment
Crime & Illegal Immigration
YES on HJR004 - Narcotics, Legislature Authority — Constitutional Amendment
YES on H0252 - Unauthorized workers, verification (E-Verify)
YES on HJR003 - Illegal drugs, legislature - Constitutional Amendment
Education, Family & DEI
NO on S1094 - Supplemental school levies - FAILED: Ayes 14 Nays 21 Excused 0
YES on HJR001 - Education, compulsory, parents- Constitutional Amendment -FAILED (House 46 - 23 - 1 absent)NO on S1025 - Empowering parents grant program- FAILED SENATE 6-28-1
Election Integrity
See also Secure Idaho: https://www.secureidaho.org/legislative-updates
YES on H0254 - Ballots, anti-fraud measures- Likely REPLACED by H0310
Environment, Food & Farms
YES on S1065 - Weather modification | 🔥 Call to Action - Ask Committee to Hear!
YES on S1026 - Urban ag, livestock, chickens - 🔥 Call to Action - Ask Committee to “Untable”
Free Speech
YES on S1001 - Public expression protection (anti-SLAPP) - PASSED
Health & Heath Freedom
YES on H0345 - Medicaid, amendments, leg approval (see also YES on H0138 - Medicaid expansion, conditions | Related: Substack Note)
YES on HJR003 - Illegal drugs, legislature - Constitutional Amendment
YES on H0313 - Sudden cardiac arrest education (with reservations)
YES on H0138 - Medicaid expansion, conditions (see also YES on H0345 - Medicaid, amendments, leg approval)
🔥YES on S1036 - Human gene therapy, moratorium | Call to action 02/20/25
YES on H0024 - Alternative Animal Proteins- FAILED in committeeNO on H0060 - Cardiac arrest prevention, training- REPLACED by H0313YES on SCR102 - COVID-19, study committee - PASSED House & Senate
Miscellaneous + Government, State Security, Taxes, Spending & Money
NO on H0301 - State procurement - FAILED Ayes 27 Nays 43 Abs/Excd 0