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Senate passes bill broadening newborn screening exemptions to include philosophical and medical grounds
Summary
Senate Bill 11-79 expands statutory exemptions to newborn screenings to include philosophical and medical reasons in addition to religious exemptions; it passed the Senate 31–3 with one absent and will go to the House.
Senate Bill 11-79 passed the Idaho Senate on March 28, 2025, broadening the statutory exemption language for newborn screening to include philosophical and medical grounds in addition to religious exemptions. Sponsor Senator Blaylock described the measure as a trailer to a previously enacted bill that moved newborn-screening rules into Idaho Code; she said SB 11-79 “broadens that exemption language” and declared the debate…
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