Court Cases

Recent Update - 6/16/26 On June 16, 2026, a federal judge granted a request for a preliminary injunction and provisional class-action status, blocking the enforcement of HB 752 in most circumstances. The district court granted our requested relief, which focused on the specific circumstances when HB 752 enforcement would cause the most harm. The lawsuit requests final relief at the end of the case that would apply to all restrooms, regardless of single-user options. The injunction prevents the Idaho attorney general and all 44 county prosecutors from enforcing HB 752 in two circumstances: first, any single-user restroom, and second, multi-user restrooms when there are no single-user options on the same floor. Visit our HB 752 Resource Hub for more information. About the Lawsuit Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HB 752, a 2026 state law prohibiting them from using sex-designated public restrooms consistent with their gender identity. The lawsuit argues HB 752 violates their constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, and privacy. The challenge was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Idaho, and Lambda Legal. About House Bill 752 HB 752, signed into law by Idaho Gov. Brad Little earlier this year, makes the first offense a misdemeanor with up to one year in prison, and a second offense a felony with up to five years in prison. It applies to all government-owned buildings and private businesses that are open to the public, such as libraries, rest stops, airports, malls, gas stations, restaurants, entertainment venues, hospitals, and other businesses. The Idaho Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association opposed HB 752, noting there is no “clear or reasonable way” to determine a person’s sex at birth during a field contact without engaging in “invasive and inappropriate” questioning or searches. Analyses of public safety data have found that policies inclusive of transgender people’s access to public accommodations have no impact on rates of harassment or violence, but policies restrictive of their access have increased transgender people’s already heightened risks for harassment and violence. Transgender people are four times as likely as their cisgender counterparts to be victimized by violence. Nine states and Puerto Rico ban transgender people from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity in government buildings and 12 others have similar laws applying to K-12 public schools. Idaho’s H.B. 752 is the only state law applying to private businesses and – of the three states with criminal penalties attached to their bans – carries the steepest criminal charges in terms of prison sentences for violations.

Davids v. Adams was launched in 2025 and is currently preserving access to life-saving HIV treatment for immigrants in Idaho.