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Votes at a glance: March 7 Idaho House session — key bills passed and filed
Summary
During the March 7 House session the chamber passed multiple bills on a range of subjects (education, natural resources, judiciary budgets and wildlife); several measures were transmitted to the Senate and one notable criminal-justice bill failed on a tie vote.
The Idaho House on March 7 considered a long calendar and took recorded action on multiple measures. Below are key outcomes recorded on the floor excerpt provided. Where the floor transcript preserved a clear tally, it is shown; where the record excerpt did not preserve an unambiguous roll call number the outcome is summarized and noted as "vote tally: not specified".
- House Bill 3-51 (education transparency): Passed the House; clerk reported 56 ayes, 13 nays, 1 abstention; transmitted to the Senate. (See separate article.)
- House Bill 3-52 (restrictions on school discussion of gender identity): Passed the House; floor debate extensive. Vote tally not unambiguously preserved in provided excerpt; Speaker announced passage and directed transmission to the Senate. (See separate article.)
- House Bill 1-57 (expanded misdemeanor DNA sampling for cold cases): Failed on the floor; clerk recorded 34 ayes, 34 nays, 2 absent and excused; filed in the office of the chief clerk. (See separate article.)
- House Bill 3-15 (sales tax exemption sunset for information‑technology facilities equipment): Passed the House; clerk recorded 60 ayes, 8 nays, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 11-07 (public safety FY2026 maintenance budget — includes Department of Corrections, Idaho State Police and juvenile corrections): Passed the House; clerk reported the bill passed and it will be transferred to the Senate; vote tally preserved as "majority in favor" in transcript excerpt (detailed roll-call text not unambiguously preserved).
- Senate Bill 11-06 (judicial branch FY2026 maintenance): Passed the House; recorded vote reported in the transcript as passage (detailed tally not unambiguously preserved in excerpt).
- Senate Bill 10-12 (livestock depredation appeals board): Passed the House; clerk recorded 65 ayes, 3 nays, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate. Floor debate included questions about private proceedings and public‑records exemptions cited by supporters.
- Senate Bill 10-13 (trapper education and hunter safety provisions): Passed the House; clerk recorded 68 ayes, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 10-40 (irrigation district director conflict‑of‑interest / recharge contracts): Passed the House; clerk recorded 68 ayes, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 10-41 (allowing appointment of water master/ditch rider on private laterals; adds conduits to definitions): Passed the House; clerk recorded 67 ayes, 1 nay, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 10-44 (cursive proficiency testing requirement): Passed the House; clerk recorded 58 ayes, 10 nays, 2 absent and excused; transmitted to the Senate.
For many other measures referenced on the floor (lists of bills printed, referred or placed on calendars), the clerk and committee reports were read on the record and will be captured in the official House journal and the bill and committee tracking systems. This session featured a mixture of policy debate (notably on education and gender‑policy bills), budget maintenance items, natural‑resources bills and several technical statutory clarifications.
