Employment laws and bills in Idaho

Every bill in the Idaho Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 34bills in scope
Past committee: 20past committee
Most recent action: 2 April 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Idaho in 2026

5 Employment bills were enacted in Idaho this year, the latest with a last action on 2 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Idaho

12Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

7Past committee

14Introduced or inactive

34 bills in scope

Enacted

H 516EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of teachers unions.2 April 2026Enacted H 761WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL – Amends and repeals existing law to provide for the consolidation of the Idaho STEM Action Center into the Workforce Development Council.30 March 2026Enacted H 645PORTABLE BENEFIT PLAN ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Portable Benefit Plan Act.24 March 2026Enacted S 1274HUMAN RESOURCES – Amending existing law to remove obsolete language relating to since passed dates and transfer of benefits to the new public defender system.18 March 2026Enacted S 1221PERSI – Amends existing law to revise a definition regarding who is not considered an employee.4 March 2026Enacted H 459APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF LABOR – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2026.4 April 2025Enacted H 268STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to provide that executive employees of the state of Idaho shall not be classified employees.31 March 2025Enacted H 160WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to define a public employer and a public corporation with respect to certain requirements regarding security for compensation.20 March 2025Enacted H 64WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to provide that members of limited liability companies may be liable for a failure to secure compensation.14 March 2025Enacted H 65WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to move the definition of “member of an employer’s family.”14 March 2025Enacted H 53EMPLOYMENT SECURITY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the prevention and deterrence of unemployment insurance fraud.13 March 2025Enacted H 54LABOR – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding employment security laws and to provide for certain administrative rules to be null, void, and of no force and effect.13 March 2025Enacted

Cleared both chambers

SCR 109RULE REJECTION – WORKER’S COMPENSATION LAW – States findings of the Legislature and rejects certain rules of the Industrial Commission relating to worker’s compensation.11 March 2025Passed both

Past committee

S 1247MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement.2 April 2026Passed chamber H 745COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of government unions.4 March 2026Passed chamber H 700UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions prohibiting the unlawful employment of unauthorized aliens.2 March 2026Passed chamber H 704UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS – Adds to existing law to establish certain requirements for employers to verify the lawful status of workers.2 March 2026Passed chamber H 632GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions to protect public employees from certain adverse actions, to provide certain remedies for violations, and to provide special procedures for public record requests by the Legislature and legislative staff.17 February 2026Passed chamber S 1095EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the career ladder.27 February 2025Passed chamber H 98TEACHERS UNIONS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for restrictions regarding the use of taxpayer funds for teachers unions.13 February 2025Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

5 of 14 shown

H 878WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide an exception to wildland firefighter differential pay.25 March 2026Introduced H 813MINIMUM WAGE – Amends existing law to remove language prohibiting a political subdivision from enacting a minimum wage that is higher than the state minimum wage.4 March 2026Introduced H 641EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS – Adds to existing law to specify certain requirements regarding the use of earned sick leave.25 February 2026Dead H 601COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of government unions.9 February 2026Introduced S 1228CIVIL RIGHTS – Amends existing law to provide that freedom from discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity is a civil right.26 January 2026Introduced

Showing the 25 furthest along of 34. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Idaho Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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