The ACLU of Idaho works with members of the state legislature, state agencies and commissions, and the Governor’s office and executive branch to advocate for legislation that will protect and strengthen our civil liberties. We lobby policymakers, analyze proposed bills, draft and present testimony, collaboratively strategize with coalition partners, and work to build grassroots community power for legislative reform.
Among many other civil liberty issues, our legislative work includes criminal justice reform, reproductive rights, LGBTQ equality, immigrant rights, disability rights, privacy, religious freedom, and free speech.
The ACLU of Idaho provided comment to the PDC on proposed rules in Oct. of 2020. None of those recommendations were incorporated into the rules that are now pending before the Idaho Legislature. Currently, those rules fail to adequately address Idaho’s failing public defense system.
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Idaho State Constitution that would prohibit the production, manufacture, transportation, sale, or delivery of "psychoactive drugs" unless the drug is 1) approved by the FDA, 2) lawfully prescribed, and 3) lawfully dispensed.
SB 1030 marks the 16th year that legislation has been introduced to bring statewide discrimination protections for Idaho’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by adding “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to Idaho’s Human Rights Act.
SB 1027 establishes a payment system to financially compensate Idahoans who are wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.
HB 17 prohibits public contracting and participation in any commercial transaction with an abortion provider or their affiliate and creates a “gag rule,” which prohibits public employees— from counseling in favor of abortion, or from offering a referral to an abortion provider.
SB 1385 attempts to criminalize abortion in Idaho if Roe v. Wade is overturned, or if federal legislation is passed that would permit Idaho to bar access to abortion care.