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Statehouse roundup, 3.28.25: Anti-DEI bill heads to Senate floor
In other news, a fast-tracked Idaho Launch revamp is headed to the Senate.
Statehouse roundup, 3.27.25: Senate votes to repeal Empowering Parents
In other news, a bill to revamp Idaho Launch is on a fast track to the House floor, after three conservative Republicans flipped their votes.
Statehouse roundup, 3.25.25: Senate rejects high-needs student fund
In other news, a fast-track virtual charter school bill is headed to the Senate floor.
Statehouse roundup, 3.21.25: Budget committee rejects Critchfield’s spending priorities
In other news, an English language constitutional amendment is headed to the Senate for a final legislative vote.
Statehouse roundup, 3.20.25: Consensus plan emerges to rework the WWAMI bill
In other news, budget-writers cut a federal grant for Idaho libraries.
Statehouse roundup, 3.19.25: Bill barring ‘medical mandates’ in schools heads to governor
In other business, a ban on classroom instruction on LGBTQ+ topics heads to the Senate floor.
Statehouse roundup, 3.17.25: House approves new civics test
In other news, the Senate passes a $100 million property tax bill, and a campus free speech is headed to the Senate floor.
Statehouse roundup, 3.14.25: ‘Medical freedom’ bill heads to the House floor
INSIDE: A bill requiring schools to show ‘fetal development’ videos advances, after a heated debate, and a pared down child care deregulation bill clears another hurdle.
Statehouse roundup, 3.10.25: House committee approves digital literacy requirement
Also Monday, the Senate sent a Title IX governance bill to the governor, and House Republicans pitched a bill to create school ‘districts of innovation.’
Statehouse roundup, 3.6.25: School board open comment bill heads to governor
In other news, early literacy and outcomes-based funding bills advanced while a bill requiring schools to adopt cellphone policies is heading to the governor’s desk.