H0637 • 2026

GOLD AND SILVER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding gold and silver coin and specie.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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GOLD AND SILVER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding gold and silver coin and specie.

What This Bill Does

GOLD AND SILVER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding gold and silver coin and specie.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 185 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 - 28-5-2 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – Rabe, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow Absent and excused – Adams, Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Kohl Title apvd - to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-27 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-02-27 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
2026-02-26 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-13-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Manwaring, Mathias, Mickelsen, Petzke, Rubel Absent – Haws, McCann Floor Sponsor - Miller Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-13 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
2026-02-12 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

GOLD AND SILVER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding gold and silver coin and specie.

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.
637
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
GOLD
AND
SILVER
COIN
AND
SPECIE;
AMENDING
SECTION
67
-
9803,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
AS
ENACTED
BY
SECTION
2,
CHAPTER
107,
LAWS
OF
2025,
TO
REDESIGNATE
3
THE
SECTION
AND
TO
REVISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
GOLD
AND
SILVER
COIN
AND
4
SPECIE;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
67
-
9803,
Idaho
Code,
as
enacted
by
Section
2,
7
Chapter
107,
Laws
of
2025,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
amended
to
read
as
fol
-
8
lows:
9
67
-
9803
67
-
9903
.
GOLD
AND
SILVER
COIN
AND
SPECIE.
(1)
To
the
full
ex
-
10
tent
allowed
by
clause
1,
section
10,
article
I
of,
and
the
tenth
amendment
1
1
to,
the
constitution
of
the
United
States,
gold
and
silver
coin
and
specie
12
minted
domestically
foreign
or
domestic
shall
be
legal
tender
in
the
state
of
13
Idaho
under
the
laws
of
this
state.
The
state
may
also
elect
to
use
gold
and
14
silver
coin
and
specie
in
conducting
its
business.
15
(2)
Unless
expressly
provided
by
statute
or
by
contract,
no
person
or
16
other
entity
may
compel
another
person
or
other
entity
to
tender
or
accept
17
gold
or
silver
coin
or
specie
unless
agreed
upon
by
the
parties.
18
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
19
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
20
July
1,
2026.
21