Signed by Governor Brad Little

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that limits the governor's powers during a state of emergency.

Highlights:

• Requires the government to recognize that all Idahoans who work and pay taxes are essential to Idaho (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the legislature must continue exercising its power to appropriate funds during declared emergencies (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the quarantine or isolation of individuals not at risk of infecting others with a chemical biological, or nuclear agent (Sec. 1).

• Requires the government to continue protecting Idaohoans’ constitutional rights, particularly the right to bear arms and the right to freedom of religion, during declared emergencies (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the delegation of government powers to unelected officials (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the governor to declare a state of extreme emergency and call upon the national guard to respond to particular crises (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the governor will have control over all executive agencies and departments during a state of extreme emergency (Sec 3).

• Requires that the exercise of the governor’s power be limited to the issuance and enforcement of written rules necessary to avoid serious harm caused by the state of extreme emergency (Sec. 3).

• Requires that the governor prepare emergency rules in advance when possible and give widespread publicity and notice of the rules (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the state of extreme emergency must either when the period for which it was proclaimed or the need for the state of extreme emergency has ended (Sec. 3).

• Requires that emergency powers be revoked ninety days after the state of emergency has been declared when the state of extreme emergency covers twelve or more counties, unless the legislature votes on whether to revoke these powers (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits the governor from enforcing federal regulations on firearms that are prohibited in Idaho (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits the governor from restricting rights guaranteed by the Idaho or United States constitution, including but not limited to the right to peaceably assemble and to free exercise of religion (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the governor may not alter or suspend any provisions of the Idaho Code but may temporarily suspend enforcement of particular provisions that prevent the government from responding to the state of extreme emergency (Sec. 3).

• Requires the governor to submit a notice describing the suspension of any provision of the Idaho Code to the secretary of state (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that limits the governor's powers during a state of emergency.

Highlights:

• Requires the government to recognize that all Idahoans who work and pay taxes are essential to Idaho (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the legislature must continue exercising its power to appropriate funds during declared emergencies (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the quarantine or isolation of individuals not at risk of infecting others with a chemical biological, or nuclear agent (Sec. 1).

• Requires the government to continue protecting Idaohoans’ constitutional rights, particularly the right to bear arms and the right to freedom of religion, during declared emergencies (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the delegation of government powers to unelected officials (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the governor to declare a state of extreme emergency and call upon the national guard to respond to particular crises (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the governor will have control over all executive agencies and departments during a state of extreme emergency (Sec 3).

• Requires that the exercise of the governor’s power be limited to the issuance and enforcement of written rules necessary to avoid serious harm caused by the state of extreme emergency (Sec. 3).

• Requires that the governor prepare emergency rules in advance when possible and give widespread publicity and notice of the rules (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the state of extreme emergency must either when the period for which it was proclaimed or the need for the state of extreme emergency has ended (Sec. 3).

• Requires that emergency powers be revoked ninety days after the state of emergency has been declared when the state of extreme emergency covers twelve or more counties, unless the legislature votes on whether to revoke these powers (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits the governor from enforcing federal regulations on firearms that are prohibited in Idaho (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits the governor from restricting rights guaranteed by the Idaho or United States constitution, including but not limited to the right to peaceably assemble and to free exercise of religion (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that the governor may not alter or suspend any provisions of the Idaho Code but may temporarily suspend enforcement of particular provisions that prevent the government from responding to the state of extreme emergency (Sec. 3).

• Requires the governor to submit a notice describing the suspension of any provision of the Idaho Code to the secretary of state (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text