H0491 • 2026

EMERGENCY FIRST AID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving first aid from damage claims.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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EMERGENCY FIRST AID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving first aid from damage claims.

What This Bill Does

EMERGENCY FIRST AID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving first aid from damage claims.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 162 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 4:39 p.m. on March 25, 2026
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Adams, Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Lent Title apvd - to House
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-01-26 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Ehlers, Leavitt, Redman Floor Sponsor - Erickson Title apvd - to Senate
2026-01-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-01-22 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-01-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-01-16 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

EMERGENCY FIRST AID – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving first aid from damage claims.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
491
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
IMMUNITY
OF
PERSONS
GIVING
EMERGENCY
FIRST
AID;
AMENDING
SECTION
2
5
-
330,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
IMMUNITY
OF
PERSONS
3
GIVING
EMERGENCY
FIRST
AID
FROM
DAMAGE
CLAIMS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMER
-
4
GENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
5
-
330,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
5
-
330.
IMMUNITY
OF
PERSONS
GIVING
EMERGENCY
FIRST
AID
FROM
DAMAGE
9
CLAIM.
That
no
action
shall
lie
or
be
maintained
for
civil
damages
in
any
10
court
of
this
state
against
any
person
or
persons,
or
group
of
persons,
who
1
1
in
good
faith
and
without
compensation,
being
at,
or
stopping
at
the
scene
12
of
an
accident
or
emergency,
including
a
mental
health
or
suicidal
crisis,
13
offers
and
administers
emergency
first
aid
,
or
emergency
medical
attention
,
14
or
emergency
psychological
attention,
including
responding
to
suicidal
15
thoughts,
to
any
person
or
persons
injured
in
such
accident
or
emergency
16
unless
it
can
be
shown
that
the
person
or
persons
offering
or
administering
17
emergency
first
aid
,
or
emergency
medical
attention,
or
emergency
psycho
-
18
logical
attention
is
guilty
of
gross
negligence
in
the
care
or
treatment
of
19
said
injured
person
or
persons
or
has
treated
them
in
a
grossly
negligent
20
manner.
The
immunity
described
herein
shall
cease
upon
delivery
of
the
in
-
21
jured
person
to
either
a
generally
recognized
hospital
for
treatment
of
ill
22
or
injured
persons,
or
upon
assumption
of
treatment
in
the
office
or
facility
23
of
any
person
undertaking
to
treat
said
injured
person
or
persons,
or
upon
24
delivery
of
said
injured
person
or
persons
into
custody
of
an
ambulance
at
-
25
tendant.
26
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
27
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
28
July
1,
2026.
29