Summary: Provides for Senate advice and consent and gubernatorial appointment for the directors of Idaho Department of Transportation, Parks and Recreation, and Fish and Game agencies. 

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate State Affairs

Issue Areas: Wildlife, Public Lands, Transportation

Summary: Requires county notification, potential hearings, and commission approval for each wildlife relocation effort by IDFG, granting counties the authority to block relocations and lengthening the process even for routine population management and restoration actions.

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - House Resources & Conservation

Issue Areas: Fish and Wildlife, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Counties

Summary: Clarifies that municipally operated, low-temperature geothermal heating and cooling systems qualify as a municipal water use—allowing cities to plan for future geothermal needs while requiring reinjection to protect aquifers and maintaining safeguards for other water users.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: Committee - House Resources & Conservation

Issue Areas: Water, Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Summary: House Joint Resolution 008 would amend Section 8, Article IX of the Idaho Constitution to revise how state-owned public lands and any future lands acquired from the federal government are managed. The amendment would prioritize revenue-generating activities and public access for recreation, hunting, fishing, and trapping over the sale or exchange of such lands, and would create a dedicated fund for revenues generated from future-acquired lands.

ICL’s Position: Under Review

Current Bill Status: Committee - House State Affairs

Issue Areas: State Public Lands, National Public Lands, Recreation, Natural Resources

Summary: Requires data centers to cover their full electricity costs and adds a sunset review of tax exemptions, but falls short of meaningfully addressing long-term water impacts.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: Committee - House Revenue & Taxation

Issue Areas: Data Centers, Energy, Water

This bill replaces SJR 102.

Summary: Senator Ben Adams’ proposed constitutional amendment would revise Section 8, Article IX of the Idaho Constitution with the stated goal of protecting public lands in Idaho. If approved, the amendment would prohibit the sale of any lands acquired by the State of Idaho from the federal government after July 1, 2026; establish management requirements for those lands; and create a public lands trust fund into which all related revenues would be deposited, along with guidelines governing how the legislature may appropriate those funds.

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate State Affairs

Issue Areas: Public Lands, Endowment Lands, Recreation, Natural Resources

Summary: SB 1271 declares Norway rats to be invasive and a public health threat and directs ISDA to coordinate abatement efforts with state and local partners.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate Agricultural Affairs

Issue Areas: Pests, Public Health

Summary: Exempts “plug-in” solar panels from current statutory restrictions.

ICL’s Position: Review

Current Bill Status: Committee - House State Affairs

Issue Areas: Energy, Solar Panels

Summary: Establishes state policy to recognize and support the development and implementation of wildlife crossings, improving public safety and protecting big game migration corridors through coordination with stakeholders at the intersection of transportation infrastructure and wildlife connectivity.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: House Floor

Issue Areas: Wildlife, Public Lands, Transportation

Summary: Eliminates several Idaho Department of Fish and Game statutory requirements related to wolf management reporting, facilitation of interstate wolf transfers, and penalties for certain big-game violations.

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - House Resources & Conservation

Issue Areas: Wildlife

Summary: Establishes a minimum 30-day public comment period for any proclamation related to season-setting or take limits.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate Resources & Conservation

Issue Areas: Wildlife

Summary: Moves Idaho’s solid waste regulatory framework from public health districts to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, consolidating authority with minor changes to regulatory requirements and review.

ICL’s Position: Neutral

Current Bill Status: Passed through House

Issue Areas: Pollution, Waste

Summary: House Bill 511, sponsored by the Idaho Department of Lands, proposes increasing the structure surcharge levied on improved private forest land parcels in the WUI by raising the cap from $40 to a maximum of $100 per parcel. ICL supports this proposal as a step in the right direction and would like to see continued discussion about sustainable funding and responsibility for fuel reduction and fire management projects in high-risk areas.

ICL’s Position: Support

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate Resources & Environment (Passed through House)

Issue Areas: Fire Management, WUI

Summary: Senate Joint Memorial 108 urges federal officials to protect grazing permits for livestock producers who file wildlife depredation claims, despite a lack of evidence that federal agencies have penalized permittees for participating in existing compensation programs.

ICL’s Position: Neutral

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate Resources and Environment

Issue Areas: Agriculture, Wildlife

Summary: Senate Joint Memorial 107 offers a symbolic endorsement of the DeLamar mining project despite the absence of a completed federal environmental review, and the Idaho Conservation League has not yet taken a position pending BLM analysis.

ICL’s Position: Review

Current Bill Status: Awaiting Signatures (Passed through Senate & House)

Issue Areas: Public Lands, Natural Resources, Mining, Conservation

Summary: House Joint Memorial 009 seeks to circumvent court rulings protecting Shoshone-Bannock treaty rights by reasserting FLPMA as the controlling authority for land exchanges.

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate Resources & Environment (Passed through House)

Issue Areas: Public Lands, Native American Rights, Conservation

This bill has been replaced by SJR 103.

Summary: Senator Ben Adams’ proposed constitutional amendment would revise Section 8, Article IX of the Idaho Constitution with the stated goal of protecting public lands in Idaho. If approved, the amendment would prohibit the sale of any lands acquired by the State of Idaho from the federal government after July 1, 2026; establish management requirements for those lands; and create a public lands trust fund into which all related revenues would be deposited, along with guidelines governing how the legislature may appropriate those funds.

ICL’s Position: Oppose

Current Bill Status: Committee - Senate State Affairs

Issue Areas: Public Lands, Endowment Lands, Recreation, Natural Resources