Idaho GOP Platform Quiz

This legislation furthers the protection of employers’ immunity of firearm storage by employees by adding immunity to when allowing employees to carry.

There is a desperate need to make our schools secure from individuals that desire to inflict harm on students. The best solution to defend schools is an effective physical security posture and to hire full-time armed guards. The armed guard option is cost prohibitive and not sustainable. This legislation provides an alternative to the hired armed guards by giving the opportunity for Public K-12 school employees to carry concealed weapons and can act as an armed protection force within the confines of the school. Individuals that are willing to participate in this program will need to have completed an enhanced concealed weapon training course. Additionally, this legislation requires all schools to remove “Gun Free Zone” signs from all public K-12 schools.

This legislation allows enrollees to receive up to a six (6) month supply of prescribed contraceptives if they so choose or if they are on an established prescription already. Currently, many insurance plans reimburse for only a one (1) to three (3) month supply of contraceptive supplies. This legislation will require any health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, which covers contraceptives approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, to provide reimbursement for up to a six (6) month refill supply obtained at one time by the enrollee. The exception is if the enrollee has never been prescribed prescription contraception; then the provider shall provide a smaller supply.

This appropriation to the Hispanic Affairs Commission provides an enhancement to the FY 2025 maintenance budget to include the additional 2% CEC. This appropriation provides an additional $4,300 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Commission on Hispanic Affairs found in Senate Bill 1270. The total budget for the Commission on Hispanic Affairs is $507,600.

This appropriation to the Commission on the Arts provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include an increase in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the additional 2% change in employee compensation. This appropriation provides an additional $65,400 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Commission on the Arts found in House Bill 459. The total budget for the Commission on the Arts is $2,253,100.

Providing a legal definition for male and female and related terms, and providing consistency across state statute.

The Children's School and Library Protection Act requires public schools and community libraries to take reasonable steps in restricting children's access to obscene or harmful material. A parent or guardian of a minor child who accesses such material in violation of this policy would be entitled to bring a civil action against the school or library for damages and injunctive relief.

This legislation applies to Idaho inmates hired by a private employer under the Department of Correction work release program. It specifies the responsibility of the private employer to offer the same salary range and benefits as other similarly situated employees based on experience, education and other qualifications and clarifies the opportunity for inmates to use the benefits offered.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) are third party administrators under contract by health/prescription plans, employers and government entities to manage prescription drug programs for health plan recipients. PBMs administer the prescription drug benefit for nearly every public and private health plan in the United States. PBMs decide which pharmacies are included in a prescription drug plan's network and how much the pharmacy will be paid for dispensing services. The purpose of this legislation is to establish parameters and standards for how Pharmacy Benefit Managers operate in Idaho, requiring fairness, transparency and free market operations; things all other businesses in Idaho must operate under, but on which Idaho’s law remains silent for PBMs. This legislation adds new definitions; lays out requirements that make contracts with pharmacies transparent and fair; requires PBMs to provide transparent pricing on drugs; and requires PBMs to report to the Department of Insurance in a transparent way. PBMs already operate under these provisions in other states; these additions will help protect Idahoans’ health care dollars as well.

This bill will make clear Idaho's state policy that hiring, and admissions decisions must be made on merit. This bill will also guarantee that hiring and admissions decisions made by state agencies, including public colleges and universities, are not "conditioned on a requirement that applicants submit or ascribe to a diversity statement."

This legislation codifies certain exemptions to the 2023 Electrical Code, which was adopted by the Legislature last legislative session. It also prevents any city, county, or any other political subdivision from requiring the installation of an electric vehicle circuit as part of any new construction.

This appropriation to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include electric grid modernization and the additional 2% change in employee compensation. This appropriation provides an additional $4,419,900 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources in House Bill 459. The total budget for the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources is $12,666,500.

This legislation amends Chapter 2, Title 56, to create Section 56-270, Idaho Code, to require legislative approval of waivers and state plan amendments. This prohibits the state Department of Health and Welfare from seeking or implementing a Medicaid State Plan or a waiver pursuant to Section 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security Act without legislative approval provided in statute. This legislation does not affect pre-existing state plan amendment or waiver programs implemented prior to this legislation taking effect.

Since the year 2000, the M2 money supply has grown by 350 percent. In other words, it has more than quadrupled. A quadrupling of the money supply will eventually accelerate the rate of inflation. By adding physical gold and silver to Idaho Code § 67-1210, the State Treasurer will be permitted to hold some portion of state funds in physical gold and silver to help secure state assets against the risk of inflation and financial turmoil and/or to achieve capital gains as measured in Federal Reserve Notes. The new authority will be confined to holding gold and silver directly and in a manner that does not assume the counter party risks involved with other current state holdings, such as corporate bonds, treasury bills, and other debt instruments. This measure does not empower the State Treasurer to invest in paper forms of the metal like futures contracts, or other gold and silver derivatives. The authority is confined to physical gold and silver, directly owned by the state and stored in a secure depository or any bank or credit union with a class 1 vault and licensed by the Department of Finance.

This appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include additional park personnel, increase to seasonal employee pay, increase park operations, OHV law enforcement passthrough support, a trailer for the motorized trails program, a responsible OHV media campaign, snowmobile signs and trail markers, construction at the Farragut State Park, statewide RV improvements, utility upgrades at Lake Walcott State Park, a Shoreline Erosion Grant at Lake Cascade State Park, funding for recreation council and infrastructure improvements, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC. This appropriation provides an additional $31,655,900 to the maintenance appropriation provided to natural resource agencies in Senate Bill 1269. The total budget for the Department of Parks and Recreation is $87,954,400.

This appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes for space rental, additional staff positions, operational costs at the Bunker Hill Superfund site, a cash transfer for cleanup at the Bunker Hill superfund site, a net fund shift for the Bunker Hill Superfund site, a cash transfer for confined animal feeding operations, a reduction to adjust the appropriation for dedicated and federal funds, and an additional 2% CEC.

This appropriation provides an additional $2,884,100 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Department of Environmental Quality found in Senate Bill 1269. The total budget for the Department of Environmental Quality is $169,007,600. Section 5 of the bill transfers $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund to be used for Superfund cleanup projects in the Coeur d'Alene Basin. Section 6 of the bill transfers $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Fund for subgrants.

Commercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditure Act (CPACE) is a financing structure in which commercial building owners borrow money for certain energy and water-related projects and make repayments via an assessment on their property tax bill. The financing arrangement then remains with the property even if it is sold, facilitating long-term investments in building performance. CPACE is funded by private investors and administered by local government. Local governments, lenders, and commercial building owners must enter this program voluntarily. There is no impact on property taxpayers.

This legislation prohibits any individual or organization, that is a provider of abortion, from furnishing any materials or instruction relating to sex education curricula.

This legislation is titled Interstate Compact for Border Security. This legislation will provide legislative approval for the Governor to enter into a formal compact with other states to take action to secure the international borders of the United States. Normally the Constitution of the United Sates requires congressional approval before a compact between states is effective. However, there is an exception to this requirement at Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 when an invasion is taking place or when there are circumstances that must be addressed immediately and there is no time to wait for the congressional process.

The Interstate Compact For Border Security falls in this exceptions authority and will empower our governor to take action quickly when such action is necessary and a delay in response on the part of the governor would be detrimental to Idaho and or to the other state with which we have entered into this compact.

This appropriation to the Office of the Species Conservation provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes 1.00 FTP and funding for a new fiscal staff member; funding to receive grants; and the additional 2% CEC. This appropriation provides an additional $113,000 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Office of the Species Conservation found in House Bill 459. The total budget for the Office of Species Conservation is $19,891,000

This bill amends Idaho Code Section 55-307 to prohibit local governments from mandating Idaho property owners to be forced to participate in an optional Federal Housing Assistance program or any program that would have the effect of regulating rent, fees or deposits. This bill updates language in Idaho Code Section 55-2006 to be consistent amended language.

This legislation will protect people of Idaho with law that prohibits any government entity in the state of Idaho from compelling any public employee to communicate preferred personal titles or pronouns that do not correspond with biological sex of the individual seeking to be referred to by such title or pronoun. No person should be subject to coercion by any government entity in the state of Idaho to communicate in any way statements that such person prefers not to communicate. A government entity that compels speech would deprive persons the fundamental right to free speech guaranteed by the 1st Amendment.

This legislation adds a new chapter to Idaho Code related to distributed ledger technology (DLT). It contains legislative findings that DLT brings positive economic value to individuals, corporations and other interests in the state. This legislation will protect the right of individuals and businesses to use DLT in the state of Idaho by prohibiting regulations that impose prohibitive requirements on its use. This legislation prohibits local regulations that would unfairly impair the use of DLT by businesses or at home. The legislation protects DLT tokens and wallets as a private property right. It also prohibits special taxes from being enacted solely because distributed ledger technology is used as a method of payment in a transaction.

The purpose of this legislation is to prevent the State of Idaho, its political subdivisions, or any state officers from mandating the use of face masks, face shields, or other face coverings to prevent or slow the spread of a contagious or infectious disease; it also provides relevant definitions.

This appropriation to the State Liquor Division provides enhancements to the FY2025 maintenance budget that include pay increases for temporary staff at retail locations; funding to relocate or remodel a store; 2.00 FTP and conversion of temporary labor hours to permanent positions; a program systems specialist; replacement items; and the additional 2% CEC. This appropriation provides an additional $2,013,600 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the State Liquor Division found in House Bill 459. The total budget for the State Liquor Division is $30,357,400.

This appropriation to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes a licensing system, consolidation of budgeted programs, Opioid settlement funding, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.

This appropriation provides an additional $2,785,800 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses found in Senate Bill 1270. The total budget for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses is $36,482,100.

This legislation creates Section 16-1648, Idaho Code, to establish provisions prohibiting religious discrimination for adoption and foster care stakeholders. This includes prohibiting religious discrimination by the state government against foster parents and people that advise, provide, or facilitate adoption or foster care services. A person may bring an action to assert a claim under this section to seek relief and damages if they believe discriminatory actions was taken against them

This legislation authorizes the Department of Health and Welfare to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program for state directed payments under Idaho’s Managed Care statute. Directed payments are the mechanism that states with managed care plans use to provide supplemental payments to hospitals to offset losses associated with providing services to Medicaid patients. The Idaho Behavioral Health Plan is the first time that hospitals have been contracted through a managed care program.

The proposed legislation ensures taxpayer dollars are not used to provide medical treatment or surgeries for the purpose of changing the appearance of a person's sex in a way that is not consistent with their biological sex; that such expenditures are not tax deductible; that Idaho medicaid shall not reimburse or provide coverage for such expenditures; stipulating that physicians employed by tax-payer funded entities shall not provide such treatments or surgeries in the course and scope of their government service; stipulating that government facilities may not be used for the provision of such treatments or surgeries; These medical and surgical interventions can cause irreversible physical alterations; and some render the patient sterile or with lifelong sexual dysfunction, while others mutilate healthy body organs. This legislation also provides for exemptions for the funding of medically necessary uses of these drugs and procedures.

The purpose of this legislation is to prevent political subdivisions from regulating the possession, sale, transfer, or manufacture of knives more strictly than Idaho code.

This legislation amends Section 39-4803, Idaho Code, pertaining to the voluntary registry of the immunization status of Idaho children which is kept by the Department of Health and Welfare, to be an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, registry.

This legislation prohibits state departments from donating to and or sponsoring non-governmental organizations unless specifically required by law or unless previously approved by the Governor or the chief executive office. This legislation also requires DFM to report all donations and sponsorships to the legislature.

This consensus legislation strengthens a balanced relationship between Idaho's franchised auto dealers and their manufacturer partners. It clarifies and modifies the existing roles of both Idaho's franchised dealers and their manufacturer partners to ensure each party is treated fairly in this age of rapid change. This ensures free local markets continue to exist in Idaho, providing the Idaho consumer choice, and the benefits of free market competition, which benefits us all.

The Parents' Rights in Medical Decision-making Act ensures that children, who often lack maturity and make
choices without considering either immediate or long-term consequences, are protected by the informed
decision-making of their parents, who possess the most knowledge and are in the best position to ensure
that their children receive adequate medical attention. The rights secured by this Act flow out of the rights
recognized by the Idaho Parental Rights Act, Idaho Code Ann. §§ 32-1010 through -1014, which are "rooted
in the due process of law guaranteed pursuant to Section 13, Article I, of the constitution of the state of Idaho."

This Act clarifies that consent for the furnishing of health care services to any person who is an unemancipated
minor must be given or refused by the parent of such person. The Act further declares that a parent has a right
to access health information relating to the parent's minor child. Finally, the Act is intended to supersede any
current provisions of Idaho law that may otherwise conflict with the Act.

This bill adjusts the requirements for individuals to engage in work as an electrical contractor, assuring that an appropriate level of experience is demonstrated by the journeymen or master electrician providing oversight of a contracting operation.

If a local school district decides to have a family life and sex education program, this legislation would have them include information on adoption for the well-being of a child.

This legislation adds Fentanyl to the list of dangerous drugs that carry mandatory minimum sentences. It defines the amounts of fentanyl that are required to meet the elements for the crime of trafficking. This statute is not meant to capture the personal user. It is intended to make clear the punishment for those who choose to manufacture, deliver, or bring into the state amounts of fentanyl that meet the quantities listed in this bill. It also adds provisions for the crime of drug induced homicide and the corresponding punishment.

The bill aims to prohibit local governments in Idaho from establishing or enforcing any laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances that provides payments to individuals under guaranteed income programs. These programs are defined as those offering regular, unconditional cash payments for any purpose, excluding those requiring work or training from recipients. The legislation declares such local efforts null and void unless explicitly authorized by state statue.

This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Medicaid provides a $277,954,700 reduction to the FY 2024 budget, of which $92,807,600 is from the General Fund. Contributing factors to the lower-than-anticipated costs include the end of the public health emergency, and drops in utilization and enrollment.

This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Medicaid provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include nondiscretionary adjustments, new staff division-wide, provider rate adjustments, intermediate care facility rate adjustments, an MMIS vendor increase, funding for personal care services case management, MMIS procurement year 2, an Idaho Millennium Income Fund offset for claims payments, and the additional 2% CEC. Additionally, this bill provides reappropriation authority. This bill also provides adjustments to the FY 2024 appropriation for the Division of Medicaid.

Overall, the total FY 2025 appropriation for the Division of Medicaid represents 0.6% increase over the FY 2024 Original Appropriation.

This appropriation provides an additional $253,212,900 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Medicaid found in Senate Bill 1268. The total decrease to the FY 2024 budget is $125,556,800.

This legislation prohibits the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses.

The legislation protects counselors in their fundamental rights of conscience by allowing them to decline to provide services in support of objectives which violate their sincerely held principles without fear of loss of licensure or civil or criminal action. It also provides for declaratory or injunctive relief.

This appropriation to the University of Idaho Agriculture Research and Extension Service provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include occupancy costs at the Idaho Center for Plant and Soil Health in Parma, new faculty positions in irrigation and forestry, the continuation of adult literacy programs, and the additional 2% CEC. This appropriation provides an additional $1,261,000 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Agriculture Research and Extension Service found in House Bill 458. The total budget for Agriculture Research and Extension Service is $38,499,000.