H0526 • 2026

COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide that certain cottage food operations may sell TCS foods.

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Sponsor: HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-02-25
Official status: S 14th Ord
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide that certain cottage food operations may sell TCS foods.

What This Bill Does

COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide that certain cottage food operations may sell TCS foods.

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Bill History

2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Referred to 14th Order for amendment
2026-02-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-11 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-02-11 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare
2026-02-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-2-1 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Berch, Nelsen Absent – Petzke Floor Sponsor - Ehlers Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-09 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-02-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
2026-01-26 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide that certain cottage food operations may sell TCS foods.

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.
526
BY
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
COTTAGE
FOOD
OPERATIONS;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
16,
TITLE
39,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
39
-
1608,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
3
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
COTTAGE
FOOD
OPERATIONS;
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
Chapter
16,
Title
39,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
7
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
8
ignated
as
Section
39
-
1608,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
9
39
-
1608.
COTTAGE
FOOD
OPERATIONS.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
10
law
to
the
contrary,
a
cottage
food
operation
making
sales
that
do
not
exceed
1
1
five
thousand
dollars
($5,000)
in
cumulative
gross
receipts
in
the
current
12
or
previous
calendar
year
may
sell
time/temperature
control
for
safety
foods
13
directly
to
a
consumer.
14
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
15
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
16
July
1,
2026.
17