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Idaho House advances wide package of bills, including memorial asking Supreme Court to revisit Obergefell
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Summary
On March 10, 2026, the Idaho House conducted routine business and passed a slate of bills across health, education, criminal justice and finance, including House Joint Memorial 17 urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges and multiple statutory and budget measures.
The Idaho House of Representatives met on March 10, 2026, and passed a broad set of measures spanning healthcare, education, criminal law and budgets.
House Joint Memorial 17, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its Obergefell v. Hodges decision, drew extended floor debate and passed 44–26. Supporters framed the memorial as a statesʼ rights and religious-liberty statement; opponents called it symbolic, harmful and without legal effect.
Lawmakers approved several substantive bills on final passage and by suspension of rules. Senate Bill 13-14, placed at the top of the third-reading calendar, passed the House 61–9 after debate over regional behavioral health boards. House Bill 7-16, a highway-distribution bill that raises a local inspection funding threshold from $175,000 to $300,000, passed 70–0. House Bill 6-48, requiring parity between oral and intravenous anticancer medications in insurance coverage, passed with a majority and drew personal testimony from a cosponsor about direct treatment experience.
Other enacted items included House Bill 8-46 (school enrollment adjustments), HB8-25 (modifying a 50¢ standard license-plate fee paid to the Centennial Idaho Heritage Trust Fund and authorizing a specialty plate), HB8-15 (charter-school transportation reimbursement correction), HB7-17 (vehicle registration timing and a $75 late fee amendment), HB6-68 (strengthening child custody interference provisions), HB7-50 (consumer protections for ‘programmable money’), HB8-47 (judicial branch maintenance budget), HB8-48 (legislative branch maintenance budget), HB8-49 (career technical education and pupil services adjustments) and HB6-81 (removing a five-year statute of limitations for certain child exploitation offenses).
Several measures were referred to committee for printing or first reading earlier in the session; routine committee reports and messages from the Senate were read on the floor. The House recessed to 3:30 p.m. to continue second-reading business.
Votes and recorded tallies were announced on the floor for each final passage; where recorded votes were taken the clerk read the roll and the results were published as part of the House journal.
What happens next: Bills that passed the House will be transmitted to the Senate or to the governor where enrollment and signature are required; resolutions and memorials are symbolic or advisory and do not change law by themselves.
