On Jan. 30, 2025, the Idaho House of Representatives read into the record and referred a large package of bills to committee for printing and further consideration. The measures introduced span natural resources, elections, taxation, immigration, public assistance, and a broad set of proposed repeals and amendments to Idaho Code governing health, welfare and long-term care.

Clerks read the bills and short summaries on the House floor. Among the measures: House Bill 81 (Resources and Conservation Committee) would limit liability for recreation clubs and their members; House Bill 82 (Resources and Conservation) would revise livestock depredation claim payments; House Bill 83 (State Affairs Committee) would add a new chapter to Title 18 to create state crimes for illegal entry and reentry and related enforcement provisions; House Bill 85 and House Bill 94 propose changes to election procedures and voter eligibility; House Bill 91 (Health and Welfare Committee) includes extensive repeals and amendments affecting numerous sections of Title 39 and Title 56 related to Medicaid, health facility construction, residential care licensing and related programs; and House Joint Resolution 1 would propose a constitutional amendment on the education of children. The clerk announced that House Bills 81–98 and House Joint Resolution 1 would be referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.

Several bills were filed for the second reading calendar by committee report earlier in the day, including committee recommendations that House Bills 78–80 be printed and referred to transportation, education and health and welfare committees, respectively; other committees reported bills for the second reading calendar (for example, House Bills 19, 29, 40 and 42). The House also received a committee recommendation to approve pending administrative rules from the Idaho State Police and related entities.

The package included a mix of new statutory provisions (for example, a proposed immigration chapter and changes to voting and initiative procedures), statutory preemption language concerning electric vehicle building-plan requirements, and a sweeping repeal-and-restructure measure introduced by the Health and Welfare Committee (House Bill 91) that lists scores of Idaho Code sections proposed for repeal or amendment. Floor remarks characterized some items as technical corrections or code cleanups; House Bill 91 was presented on the floor as a broad housekeeping and repeal package affecting numerous health- and welfare-related statutes.

Most of the bills were referred to committees for printing or placed on second-reading calendars; no floor votes on the introduced bills were recorded on Jan. 30 for the package as a whole. Committee hearings and subsequent calendars will determine further committee action, amendment opportunities, and votes.