H0662 • 2026

MILK TESTING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding milk and cream testing methods.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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MILK TESTING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding milk and cream testing methods.

What This Bill Does

MILK TESTING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding milk and cream testing methods.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 74 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on March 19, 2026
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Semmelroth Floor Sponsor - Den Hartog Title apvd - to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Agricultural Affairs
2026-03-02 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, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws(Woller), Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, 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 – None Absent – Furniss, Mickelsen, Rubel Floor Sponsor - Vander Woude Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-27 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 2, 2026
2026-02-26 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-16 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
2026-02-13 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

MILK TESTING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding milk and cream testing methods.

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.
662
BY
AGRICULTURAL
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
MILK
TESTING;
AMENDING
SECTION
37
-
506,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
2
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
THE
METHOD
OF
TESTING
MILK
AND
CREAM;
AMENDING
3
SECTION
37
-
516,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
THE
RULES
4
FOR
ADMINISTRATION
AND
DEFINITIONS
OF
DIRECTOR
AND
DEPARTMENT;
AND
5
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Section
37
-
506,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
8
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
37
-
506.
METHOD
OF
TESTING
MILK
AND
CREAM.
(1)
All
milk
and
cream
pur
-
10
chased
or
sold
in
the
state
of
Idaho
at
a
price
based
upon
on
or
determined
1
1
by
the
milkfat,
protein,
lactose,
solids
nonfat
,
or
somatic
cell
counts
12
thereof,
or
by
any
other
quality
parameter
or
other
analyte
thereof,
shall
be
13
tested
by
methods
approved
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
agriculture
14
of
the
state
of
Idaho.
15
(2)
Samples
must
be
taken
from
every
shipment
of
milk
and
cream
by
a
milk
16
hauler
authorized
by
the
department
pursuant
to
chapter
3,
title
37,
Idaho
17
Code
.
Accurate
thermometers
must
be
provided
at
all
times.
Milk
and
cream
18
samples
must
be
protected
and
in
a
tamper
-
proof
place
between
thirty
-
three
19
(33)
and
forty
-
five
(45)
degrees
Fahrenheit.
20
(3)
Such
samples
may
be
examined
and
tested
by
the
buyer,
seller,
or
de
-
21
partment
of
agriculture
at
any
time.
The
department
of
agriculture
is
autho
-
22
rized
to
conduct
audits
of
a
person's,
corporation's,
cooperative's
,
or
com
-
23
pany's
payments
for
milk
or
cream
to
determine
if
such
payments
comply
with
24
established
requirements.
25
SECTION
2.
That
Section
37
-
516,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
26
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
37
-
516.
RULES
FOR
ADMINISTRATION
-
-
"DEPARTMENT"
AND
"DIRECTOR"
DE
-
28
FINED.
(1)
As
used
in
this
chapter:
29
(a)
"Department"
means
the
Idaho
state
department
of
agriculture.
30
(b)
"Director"
means
the
director
of
the
department
or
the
director's
31
authorized
designee.
32
(2)
The
director
of
the
department
of
agriculture
is
empowered
to
pre
-
33
scribe
rules
and
regulations
,
subject
to
legislative
approval,
in
the
admin
-
34
istration
of
this
act
chapter
not
inconsistent
with
its
provisions.
The
term
35
"department,"
as
used
in
this
act,
means
the
department
of
agriculture.
36
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
37
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
38
July
1,
2026.
39