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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.
719
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE;
AMENDING
SECTION
67
-
6610D,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
2
PROHIBIT
OUT
-
OF
-
STATE
CONTRIBUTIONS
AND
EXPENDITURES;
AND
DECLARING
AN
3
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
67
-
6610D,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
67
-
6610D.
FOREIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS,
FOREIGN
INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES,
8
AND
FOREIGN
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICATIONS
PROHIBITED
-
-
OUT
-
OF
-
STATE
CON
-
9
TRIBUTIONS
AND
INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES
PROHIBITED
.
(1)
A
foreign
national
10
shall
not
make
a
contribution,
directly
or
indirectly,
to
any
candidate,
1
1
political
committee,
or
measure
or
make
electioneering
communications
or
12
independent
expenditures.
An
out
-
of
-
state
person
shall
not
make
a
contri
-
13
bution,
directly
or
indirectly,
to
any
candidate,
political
committee,
or
14
measure
or
make
independent
expenditures.
15
(2)
As
used
in
this
section
,
"foreign
national"
:
16
(a)
"Foreign
national"
means:
17
(a)
(i)
An
individual
who
is
not
a
citizen
of
the
United
States
and
18
is
not
lawfully
admitted
for
permanent
residence
;
19
(b)
(ii)
A
government
or
subdivision
of
a
foreign
country;
20
(c)
(iii)
A
foreign
political
party;
or
21
(d)
(iv)
Any
entity,
such
as
a
partnership,
association,
corpora
-
22
tion,
organization,
union,
or
other
combination
of
persons,
that
23
is
organized
under
the
laws
of
or
has
its
principal
place
of
busi
-
24
ness
in
a
foreign
country.
25
(b)
"Legal
resident
of
Idaho"
means
an
individual
who
is
a
citizen
of
26
the
United
States
and
who
has
resided
in
Idaho
for
at
least
thirty
(30)
27
days.
28
(c)
"Out
-
of
-
state
person"
means:
29
(i)
An
individual
who
is
not
a
legal
resident
of
Idaho;
or
30
(ii)
Any
entity,
such
as
a
partnership,
association,
corporation,
31
organization,
union,
or
other
combination
of
persons,
that
is
or
-
32
ganized
under
the
laws
of
or
has
its
principal
place
of
business
in
33
another
state
and
does
not
maintain
a
physical
office
in
the
state
34
of
Idaho.
35
(3)
A
violation
of
the
provisions
of
this
section
shall
be
prosecuted
36
and
punished
as
provided
in
section
67
-
6625(2)
through
(5),
Idaho
Code.
Pro
-
37
vided,
however,
any
person
who
knowingly
and
willfully
violates
the
provi
-
38
sions
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
felony
when:
39
(a)
The
aggregate
amount
of
contributions,
independent
expenditures,
40
or
cost
of
electioneering
communications
made
in
violation
of
this
sec
-
41
2
tion
exceeds
one
thousand
dollars
($1,000)
in
a
consecutive
twelve
(12)
1
month
period;
or
2
(b)
The
person
pleads
guilty
to
or
is
found
guilty
of
a
knowing
and
will
-
3
ful
violation
of
the
provisions
of
this
section
for
a
second
time
within
4
ten
(10)
years,
notwithstanding
the
form
of
the
judgment
or
withheld
5
judgment.
6
(4)
If
any
provision
of
this
section
or
its
application
to
any
person
or
7
circumstance
is
held
invalid,
the
remainder
of
the
section
or
the
applica
-
8
tion
of
the
provision
to
other
persons
or
circumstances
is
not
affected.
9
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
10
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
1
1
July
1,
2026.
12