H0652 • 2026

STATE SYMBOLS – Adds to existing law to provide for hunting as the state sport.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-20
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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STATE SYMBOLS – Adds to existing law to provide for hunting as the state sport.

What This Bill Does

STATE SYMBOLS – Adds to existing law to provide for hunting as the state sport.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 53 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 1:35 p.m. on March 17, 2026
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Rundhaug(Carlson), Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Wintrow Floor Sponsor - Bernt Title apvd - to House
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
2026-02-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-0-7 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), 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, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Bingham, Church, Crane(13), Dygert, Mickelsen, Petzke, Raybould Floor Sponsor - Hall Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-20 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 23, 2026
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-18 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 Resources & Conservation
2026-02-12 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

STATE SYMBOLS – Adds to existing law to provide for hunting as the state sport.

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.
652
BY
RESOURCES
AND
CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
STATE
SYMBOLS;
PROVIDING
LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
INTENT;
2
AMENDING
CHAPTER
45,
TITLE
67,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
3
SECTION
67
-
4517,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
THAT
HUNTING
IS
DESIGNATED
AND
4
DECLARED
TO
BE
THE
STATE
SPORT
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO;
AND
DECLARING
AN
5
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
INTENT.
The
Legislature
finds
that
8
the
State
of
Idaho
values
the
rights
to
hunt,
fish,
and
trap
and
has
enshrined
9
such
rights
in
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Idaho.
The
Legislature
finds
10
that
the
sport
of
hunting
is
historically
and
culturally
representative
of
1
1
these
traditions.
As
such,
it
is
the
intent
of
the
Legislature
to
designate
12
and
declare
hunting
as
the
state
sport
of
the
State
of
Idaho.
13
SECTION
2.
That
Chapter
45,
Title
67,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
14
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
15
ignated
as
Section
67
-
4517,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
16
67
-
4517.
STATE
SPORT
DESIGNATED.
Hunting
is
hereby
designated
and
de
-
17
clared
to
be
the
state
sport
of
the
state
of
Idaho.
18
SECTION
3.
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