2025 Idaho Legislature – Bill Tracker
Legislative District 26 Elected Officials (Blaine, Lincoln and Jerome Counties)
Senator Ron Taylor (Democrat) – [email protected], (208) 332-1353
Representative Jack Nelsen (Republican) – [email protected], (208) 332-1032
Representative Mike Pohanka (Republican) – [email protected], (208) 332-1174
HB06 – Attorney General Powers
Seeks to expand the Idaho Attorney General’s authority to investigate and prosecute state crimes committed by elected city officials acting in their official capacity. Previously, the Attorney General held this jurisdiction solely over elected county officials. The bill also removes a provision that excluded alleged violations of the open meetings law from the Attorney General’s investigative scope.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: PASSED – 56-11-3 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – NO)
HB07 – Marijuana Mandatory Minimum Fine
Introduces a mandatory minimum fine of $300 for first-time convictions involving possession of three ounces or less of marijuana by individuals aged 18 or older. Minors are exempt from this mandatory fine.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2025-7)
Votes
House: PASSED – 54-14-2 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
Senate: PASSED – 27-8-0 (Taylor – NO)
HB14 – Idaho DOGE
Requires state agencies to recommend outdated, obsolete or unnecessary laws for the Idaho Legislature to consider removing.
GOP Position: YES (President Trump Executive Order)
Votes
House: PASSED – 68-0-2 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
Senate: PASSED – 34-0-1 (Taylor – YES)
Governor: Signed
HB32 – Prohibit Mask Mandates
Proposes adding a new section, 67-2362, to the Idaho Code to prohibit mask mandates.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2020-P27)
Votes
House: PASSED – 52-16-2 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
Senate: PASSED – 27-6-2 (Taylor – NO)
HB40 – Tax Relief
The bill seeks to lower the state’s flat income tax rate for both individuals and corporations from 5.695% to 5.3%; expand the existing income tax exemption on U.S. military pension income; removes capital gains and losses from the sale of precious metal bullion and monetized bullion from the calculation of state income taxes.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: PASSED – 63-7-0 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB41 – Flags in Schools
Restrict public schools to displaying only specific government flags and banners on school property, explicitly prohibiting the display of others.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2025-1)
Votes
House: PASSED – 59-11-0 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB59 – Medical Ethics Defense Act
Aims to protect the right of conscience for health care providers, institutions, and payers, allowing them to decline participation in or payment for medical procedures, treatments, or services that conflict with their ethical, moral, or religious beliefs.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: PASSED – 58-11-1 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
HB83 – Illegal Immigration
Adds to existing law to provide for crimes regarding illegal entry into this state and to provide for an order to return to a foreign nation.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: PASSED – 61-9-0 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB86 – Electric Vehicle Mandates in Building Plans
Prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan, and provides for preemption of local laws and ordinances.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: PASSED – 61-9-0 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB91 – DOGE: Department of Health and Welfare
Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions that the Department of Health and Welfare has identified as obsolete or superfluous.
GOP Position: YES (Idaho DOGE)
Votes
House: PASSED – 69-0-1 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB93 – School Choice Tax Credit
Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per eligible student for parents who incur qualified educational expenses.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform, Supported by President Trump)
Votes
House: PASSED – 42-28-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – NO)
Senate: PASSED – 20-15-0 (Taylor – NO)
HB96 – Flag Display on Government Buildings
Only allows the U.S. flag, state flags, military flags, and tribal flags to be flown on government buildings.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2025-1)
Votes
House: PASSED – 53-17-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
HB97 – Mandatory Evacuations
Allows a person to choose not to evacuate his home despite being ordered or compelled to do so.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: PASSED – 63-5-2 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB98 – Restrict Taxpayer Funds for Teachers Unions
Provide for restrictions regarding the use of taxpayer funds for teachers unions.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: PASSED – 40-29-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – NO)
HB107 – Occupational Licensing Requirements
Adopts a comprehensive and proactive approach to reducing occupational licensing constraints and barriers. No new licensure of a person to practice a profession or occupation may be created by an administrative rule or policy in the absence of express statutory authorization, and by July 1, 2026, all licensure fees shall be established in statute or rule.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: PASSED – 62-8-0 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HB138 – Medicaid Expansion Reform
Adds work requirements for continued medicaid expansion eligibility.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: PASSED – 38-32-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – NO)
HB231 – Grocery Tax Credit
Amends existing law to increase the food tax credit and to provide an alternative tax credit for the actual amount paid by taxpayers on food purchases.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: PASSED – 61-6-3 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
HCR2 – Boise State Women’s Volleyball
Commends the Boise State University women’s volleyball team for forfeiting matches against San Jose State University, which included a transgender athlete, thereby upholding the integrity of women’s sports in line with Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and Governor Little’s executive order.
GOP Position: YES (Republican Party Platform)
Votes
House: ADOPTED – 61-8-1 (Nelsen – YES, Pohanka – YES)
Senate: ADOPTED – voice vote
HCR5 – Dr. Anthony Fauci
A federal pardon issued by a president does not confer immunity from prosecution or responsibility for state crimes.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: ADOPTED – 56-14-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
HJM1 – Definition of Marriage
Urges the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn its 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: ADOPTED – 46-24-0 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
HJM3 – Corporate Transparency Act
Calls upon the U.S. President and Congress to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021 and to relieve Idaho business owners of the onerous reporting requirements contained therein.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: ADOPTED – voice vote
HJR001 – Right to Educate Children Without Government Regulation
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to remove language that requires school attendance and to add language regarding the right of the people to educate their children without government regulation outside of public schools.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Platform)
Votes
House: FAILED – (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – NO)
SB1001 – Anti-SLAPP
Preclude lawfare and protect the 1st Amendment by dismissing meritless cases.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
Senate: PASSED – 32-1-2 (Taylor – YES)
SB1019 – Anti-SWATTING
Criminalizes ‘SWATTING’ – the making of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
Senate: PASSED 34-0-1 (Taylor – YES)
SB1038 – World Health Organization
Adds to existing law to provide that the state of Idaho shall not be compelled to engage in the enforcement of requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2023-51)
Votes
Senate: PASSED – 29-6-0 (Taylor – NO)
SCR101 – Legislative Compensation
Rejects the compensation rates established by the Citizens’ Committee on Legislative Compensation in their November 6, 2024 report.
GOP Position: YES (IDGOP Resolution 2025-13)
Votes
Senate: ADOPTED – voice vote
SCR102 – COVID-19 Pandemic Study
Proposes the establishment of a committee by the Legislative Council to study Idaho’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOP Position: N/A
Votes
House: ADOPTED – 54-12-4 (Nelsen – NO, Pohanka – YES)
Senate: ADOPTED – 25-9-1 (Taylor – NO)