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Idaho S1198

EDUCATIONPASSED

Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.

EDUCATION -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.

Legislative Session

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2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; [...] TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICES AND OFFICERS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE USE FOR CERTAIN FUNDS, TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY TRAININGS, TO PROHIBIT BIAS REPORTING SYSTEMS, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN REQUIRED COURSES, TO PROVIDE FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS, TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING APPLICABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI" means any trainings, programs, activities, or instruction that is derived from or that promotes the tenets or concepts of critical theory, including but not limited to the concepts of [...] gender theory, queer theory, neopronouns, transgender ideology, misgendering, othering, deadnaming, heteronormativity, allyship, or any other related formulation of these tenets or concepts.

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Calendar

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2025-03-2808:00HearingRoom WW55Senate State Affairs Committee

History

DateAction
2025-04-04Amendments reported printed
2025-04-04Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
2025-04-04Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
2025-04-04Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote
2025-04-04Read in full as required) -- PASSED 23-12-0
2025-04-04Title apvd
2025-04-04to enrol
2025-04-04Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2025-04-04Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2025-04-04Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2025-04-04Session Law Chapter 317 Effective: 07/01/2025
2025-04-03Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading
2025-04-03Rules Suspended:
2025-04-03Title apvd
2025-04-03to Senate
2025-04-03Returned from House, amended
2025-04-03Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
2025-04-03Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
2025-04-02Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
2025-04-02Referred to the Committee of the Whole
2025-04-02Reported out without recommendation as amended
2025-04-02Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
2025-04-02Filed for First Reading
2025-04-02Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
2025-04-01Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2025-04-01Read First Time, Referred to Education
2025-03-31Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2025-03-31Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote
2025-03-31Read in full as required) -- PASSED 27-8-0
2025-03-31Title apvd
2025-03-31to House
2025-03-27Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2025-03-26Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing