Idaho rental housing laws

What Idaho has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Idaho is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
10bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
23 March 2026most recent action

Rental housing laws enacted in Idaho

3 rental housing laws enacted in the Idaho Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • H 695FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a fee for service.Took effect 1 July 2026

    What it requires: A sheriff must verify that a property owner or authorized agent is the record owner and entitled to relief, then serve notice to immediately vacate on unlawful occupants and put the owner in possession of the property without delay. The sheriff may charge a reasonable hourly rate if requested to stand by while the owner changes locks and removes the occupant's personal property.

    Eviction procedure

  • H 583SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding limitations on the regulation of and limiting the tax duties of short-term rentals.Took effect 1 July 2026

    What it requires: Counties and cities may not prohibit short-term rentals or impose different restrictions on them than on single-family dwellings, except for specific safety requirements: smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, escape ladders, occupancy limits, and emergency information handouts. Short-term rental marketplaces must register with the state tax commission and collect applicable sales, use, and local taxes.

    Short-term rentals

  • S 1043LANDLORDS AND TENANTS – Amends and adds to existing law to remove a provision regarding coverture and to reorganize a chapter.Took effect 1 July 2025

    What it requires: Local governmental units shall not enact, maintain, or enforce ordinances or resolutions that regulate rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property or that mandate participation in optional federal housing assistance programs. Landlords must provide tenants thirty days' written notice before increasing rent or refusing to renew residential leases.

Rental housing in Idaho, by topic

Rental housing bills in Idaho

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Enacted

7Introduced or inactive

10 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

7

H 886TAXATION – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish a state property tax and to provide certain exemptions to such tax.Introduced

What it would do: Establishes a state property tax of 2.5 mills on real and personal property, with exemptions for primary homesteads, commercial/industrial property, and certain other categories. Directs collected revenue to fund public safety services, homestead tax credits, and infrastructure maintenance.

H 701HOUSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limitations on rental application fees.Introduced

What it would do: Limits property owners and managers to charging rental application fees to no more than two rental applicant households concurrently per unit, requires disclosure of screening criteria before accepting applications, and restricts fees to actual screening costs.

S 1263SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding limitations on the regulation of short-term rentals.Introduced

What it would do: Prohibits counties and cities from banning short-term rentals but allows reasonable health and safety regulations. Requires licensing only for owners with four or more rentals or generating $10,000+ annual revenue, and restricts regulations to smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, occupancy limits, and emergency information.

S 1162SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND VACATION RENTALS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the authority of local governments to regulate short-term rentals and vacation rentals.In committee

What it would do: Prohibits counties and cities from banning short-term rentals and restricts regulations to those applied equally to single-family dwellings. Allows business licensing requirements and establishes disclosure requirements for safety equipment and egress in short-term rentals.

H 388TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the County Property Tax Relief Act to provide that a county may establish a sales tax on certain lodging to provide property tax relief to homeowners in the county and to revise a provision regarding certain duties of owners of short-term rental properties.Introduced

What it would do: Establishes a county transient room tax up to 3% on lodging sales, approved by county voters, with at least 50% of revenue dedicated to property tax relief for homeowners and remainder for public safety services. Revises short-term rental marketplace tax collection duties.

S 1163TOURISM REVENUE AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise, remove, and establish provisions regarding the protection of tourism revenue and limiting the regulation of short-term rentals.Introduced

What it would do: Prohibits counties and cities from banning short-term rentals and limits their regulation to health and safety measures that apply equally to residential dwellings. Allows permit requirements with annual fees up to $50 and establishes permit revocation standards based on violations and non-payment.

S 1042RENTAL APPLICATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide for limitations on rental application fees.In committee

What it would do: Limits property owners and managers to charging rental application fees to no more than two rental applicant households concurrently per unit, requires disclosure of screening criteria before accepting applications, and requires fees to cover only actual costs of background checks and processing.

Bill titles link to the Idaho Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as rental housing legislation

In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.

Questions

Does Idaho have a rental housing law?

Yes. Idaho enacted 3 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them H 695, H 583 and S 1043. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Idaho's rental housing laws take effect?

H 695 on 1 July 2026, H 583 on 1 July 2026 and S 1043 on 1 July 2025.

What does Idaho legislate on most in rental housing?

Short-term rentals (5 bills), Fees, screening and rent pricing (2 bills) and Eviction procedure (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Other practice areas in Idaho

Rental housing legislation in other jurisdictions

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