Legislation

HB 458 creates a mental health exemption under I.C. 18-915C related to assault of healthcare workers.

HB 465 would deny transgender youth from being able to access gender affirming healthcare – including transition related care. It would also charge doctors and other medical practitioners with a felony if they were to be found providing gender affirming care to transgender youth.

Despite repeated calls to eliminate mandatory minimums and address the need to adjust overly-harsh and retributive punishments related to drug offenses, HB 469 adds new mandatory sentences related to possession and trafficking of fentanyl related drugs.

Fair chance employment legislation would ensure Idahoans returning to the workforce post-incarceration are able to access employment opportunities.

HB 319 would expand the number of cases that the State Appellate Public Defender’s Office would be required to provide legal representation.

HB 373 would allow Correctional Industries to contract with agricultural employers for the expanded use of prisoner labor in the production, harvesting and processing of agricultural goods in Idaho.

SB 1275 authorizes Idaho health plans to provide women with access to six months of birth control.

HB 320 establishes an interconnected database of criminal justice information from relevant state agencies which will be overseen by a newly appointed commission.