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Feb 02, 2021
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  • LGBTQ Justice

2021 - HB 52 - Conversion Therapy Ban

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Feb 02, 2021
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  • Voting Rights

2021 - HB 55 - Motor Voter Act

Would allow eligible Idahoans to register to vote at the same time they apply for or renew their state driver’s license.
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Feb 01, 2021
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  • Reproductive Freedom

2021 - HB 56 - Legal Abortion Ban

HB 56 attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade protections that provide legal access to abortion care in Idaho. This bill would make abortion illegal and would allow abortion providers, and people who receive abortion care, to be charged with murder.
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Feb 01, 2021
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2021 - HR 1 - Gallery Clearing and House Regulated Spaces

Amends House Rule 64 to expand house leadership's authority to remove individuals from house-regulated spaces. If passed, the rule would prohibit banners, placards, and flags in places like committee rooms.
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Jan 28, 2021
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

2021 - HB 26 - Ending Secured Detention for Status Offenses

Prevents young people from being detained in secure facilities for "status offenses." A status offense is a noncriminal act that is considered a law violation only because of a young person's status as a minor.
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Jan 26, 2021
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2021 - SB 1030 - Add the Words

SB 1030 marks the 15th 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.
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Jan 26, 2021
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2021 - SJR 101 - Prohibition of Controlled Substances

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.
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Jan 26, 2021
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2021 - Public Defense Rules

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.
Legislation
Jan 25, 2021
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2021 HB 220 - No Public Funds for Abortion

HB 220 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.
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Feb 02, 2021
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Feb 02, 2021
  • LGBTQ Justice

2021 - HB 52 - Conversion Therapy Ban

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Feb 02, 2021
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Feb 02, 2021
  • Voting Rights

2021 - HB 55 - Motor Voter Act

Would allow eligible Idahoans to register to vote at the same time they apply for or renew their state driver’s license.
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Feb 01, 2021
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Feb 01, 2021
  • Reproductive Freedom

2021 - HB 56 - Legal Abortion Ban

HB 56 attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade protections that provide legal access to abortion care in Idaho. This bill would make abortion illegal and would allow abortion providers, and people who receive abortion care, to be charged with murder.
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Feb 01, 2021
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Feb 01, 2021

2021 - HR 1 - Gallery Clearing and House Regulated Spaces

Amends House Rule 64 to expand house leadership's authority to remove individuals from house-regulated spaces. If passed, the rule would prohibit banners, placards, and flags in places like committee rooms.
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Jan 28, 2021
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Jan 28, 2021
  • Criminal Legal Reform

2021 - HB 26 - Ending Secured Detention for Status Offenses

Prevents young people from being detained in secure facilities for "status offenses." A status offense is a noncriminal act that is considered a law violation only because of a young person's status as a minor.
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Jan 26, 2021
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Jan 26, 2021
  • LGBTQ Justice

2021 - SB 1030 - Add the Words

SB 1030 marks the 15th 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.
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Jan 26, 2021
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Jan 26, 2021

2021 - SJR 101 - Prohibition of Controlled Substances

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.
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Jan 26, 2021
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Jan 26, 2021

2021 - Public Defense Rules

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.
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Jan 25, 2021
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Jan 25, 2021

2021 HB 220 - No Public Funds for Abortion

HB 220 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.
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