Bills

House Bill 489 would criminalize wearing a mask while committing or attempting to commit another crime and create a sentencing enhancement for doing so.

House Bill 490 would criminalize certain instances of speeding by deeming them reckless driving.

House Bill 491 would expand Idaho’s Good Samaritan law to include aid provided during a mental health or suicidal crisis.

House Bill 493 would make a first offense of soliciting commercial sexual activity a felony rather than a misdemeanor and apply a mandatory minimum sentence of incarceration.

House Bill 494 would expand the Department of Health and Welfare’s authority to subject both public and private employees and volunteers to FBI background checks and assess associated fees.

House Bill 495 would shift regulatory control of denturists from the independent Board of Denturitry to the Idaho State Board of Dentistry.

House Bill 496 would shift regulatory control of podiatrists from the independent Board of Podiatry to the Idaho State Board of Medicine.

House Bill 498 would grant the Senate President pro tempore and Speaker of the House authority to employ private counsel to sue the federal government.

House Bill 499 would define restricted airspace around correctional facilities and criminalize flying a drone in restricted airspace, even unknowingly.

House Bill 503 would move the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission into the Idaho Department of Water Resources.