Committee advances update to Idaho Administrative Procedures Act, adds deadlines and modernizes contested‑case rules

Mar 12, 2025

Senators voted to send House Bill 9, a set of amendments to the Administrative Procedures Act, to the floor with a due pass. The bill modernizes language, clarifies roles, sets a 120‑day deadline for agency emergency contested‑case proceedings and removes an archaic "exceptions" process, supporters said.

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The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 9 as amended to the Senate floor with a due pass after sponsors and the Office of Administrative Hearings described updates to longstanding contested‑case procedures.

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