Queerphobic Idaho Bills (2025)

for ease of access, here is the Governor’s page where he announces what he’s signed.


House Concurrent Resolution 2 (Passed House and Senate): Commends the BSU volleyball team for refusing to play against a transgender athlete.

House Joint memorial 1 (Passed House): Asks the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges which brought marriage equality to all Americans.

House Bill 10: Illegalizes public schools displaying Queer pride flags.

House Bill 41 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): Illegalizes public schools displaying Queer pride flags.

House Bill 45: Illegalizes city, county, and state governments displaying Queer pride flags.

House Bill 49: Illegalizes transgender people from using restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters that align with their gender identity in government buildings and facilities.

House Bill 59 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): grants healthcare providers broad legal protections to deny gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ health services, and even basic medical treatment to Queer individuals based on personal moral or religious beliefs, effectively legalizing discrimination under the guise of “conscience rights.”

House Bill 96 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): Illegalizes cities, counties, and public schools displaying Queer pride flags.

House Bill 138 (Passed House): Adult Medicaid recipients cannot have access to their hormones

House Bill 179: “Human sexuality” is broadly defined to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and more. Teachers must sign a permission slip any time gender identity is being discussed in class, and teachers can be sued for $250 for damages if this law is broken.

House Bill 186: Expands Idaho’s indecent exposure law to criminalize the public exposure of medically or hormonally altered “male breasts” (they won’t say trans women are women, but they’ll treat us like women when its convenient for them)

House Bill 190: Illegalizes transgender people from using restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters that align with their gender identity in schools, domestic violence shelters, and correctional facilities.

House Bill 239 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): “Human sexuality” is broadly defined to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and more. Teachers must obtain a signed permission slip any time gender identity is being discussed in class, and teachers can be sued for $250 for damages if this law is broken.

House Bill 264 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): Illegalizes transgender people from using restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters that align with their gender identity in government buildings and facilities.

House Bill 270 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): Expands Idaho’s indecent exposure law to criminalize the public exposure of medically or hormonally altered “male breasts” (they won’t say trans women are women, but they’ll treat us like women when its convenient for them)

House Bill 292: Bans teachers of k-3 talking about sexual orientation or gender identity “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate”. This is vague enough that it could be interpreted as broadly as they want. If you are a woman teacher who has a wife and you mention that to your students, you could lose your job. If you’re a transgender teacher and mention that, you could lose your job.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 111 (Passed Senate): Says that Queer families are an attack on the concept of the family and its harmful to be raised in a Queer family.

House Bill 352 (Passed House and Senate, signed by governor): Bans teachers of k-12 talking about sexual orientation or gender identity “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate”. This is vague enough that it could be interpreted as broadly as they want. If you are a woman teacher who has a wife and you mention that to your students, you could lose your job. If you’re a transgender teacher and mention that, you could lose your job.

Senate Bill 1123: Illegalizes Idaho’s public higher education institutions from implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives – making sure minorities aren’t discriminated against – with penalties for violations including fines and/or loss of funding

House Bill 363: Illegalizes transgender people updating their gender marker on their birth certificates.

House Concurrent Resolution 18 (Passed House): Says that Queer families are an attack on the concept of the family and its harmful to be raised in a Queer family. (House’s version of Senate Concurrent Resolution 111; comparison here)