KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Idaho

H0752 • 2026

INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
LAW
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

What This Bill Does

  • INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 263 Effective: 07/01/2026

  2. 2026-03-31 Idaho State Legislature

    Delivered to Governor at 4:50 p.m. on March 30, 2026

  3. 2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

  4. 2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature

    Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

  5. 2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature

    Signed by President; returned to House

  6. 2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature

    Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

  7. 2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature

    Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – Guthrie, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Toews Title apvd - to House

  8. 2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature

    Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

  9. 2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature

    Read second time; filed for Third Reading

  10. 2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

  11. 2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature

    Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

  12. 2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature

    Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules

  13. 2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature

    Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 54-15-1 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Haws, Manwaring, Mathias, Nelsen, Rubel Absent – Mickelsen Floor Sponsor - Rasor Title apvd - to Senate

  14. 2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature

    Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

  15. 2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported out of Committee without Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

  16. 2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration

  17. 2026-02-23 Idaho State Legislature

    Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY – Adds to existing law to prohibit a person from entering a restroom or changing room of the opposite sex, to provide a penalty, and to provide exceptions.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
752
BY
WAYS
AND
MEANS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
INDECENCY
AND
OBSCENITY;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
41,
TITLE
18,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
18
-
4117,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROHIBIT
3
A
PERSON
FROM
ENTERING
A
RESTROOM
OR
CHANGING
ROOM
OF
THE
OPPOSITE
SEX,
4
TO
PROVIDE
A
PENALTY,
TO
PROVIDE
EXCEPTIONS,
AND
TO
DEFINE
A
TERM;
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
Chapter
41,
Title
18,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
8
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
9
ignated
as
Section
18
-
4117,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
10
18
-
4117.
ENTERING
A
RESTROOM
OR
CHANGING
ROOM
OF
THE
OPPOSITE
SEX.
(1)
1
1
Any
person
who
knowingly
and
willfully
enters
a
restroom
or
changing
room
in
12
a
government
-
owned
building
or
a
place
of
public
accommodation,
as
defined
13
in
section
67
-
5902,
Idaho
Code,
that
is
designated
for
use
by
the
opposite
14
biological
sex
of
such
person
shall
be
guilty
of
a
misdemeanor
and
may
be
im
-
15
prisoned
in
the
county
jail
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
one
(1)
year.
Any
per
-
16
son
who
pleads
guilty
to
or
is
found
guilty
of
a
violation
of
this
section,
a
17
similar
statute
in
another
state,
or
any
similar
local
ordinance
for
a
second
18
time
within
five
(5)
years
of
the
first
conviction,
notwithstanding
the
form
19
of
judgment
or
withheld
judgment,
shall
be
guilty
of
a
felony
and
may
be
im
-
20
prisoned
in
the
state
prison
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
five
(5)
years.
21
(2)
The
provisions
of
subsection
(1)
of
this
section
shall
not
apply
to
22
an
individual
who
enters
a
restroom
or
changing
room
designated
for
the
oppo
-
23
site
sex
in
any
of
the
following
circumstances:
24
(a)
To
perform
custodial
services
or
maintenance;
25
(b)
To
render
medical
assistance;
26
(c)
To
provide
law
enforcement
assistance
or
to
supervise
any
arrestee,
27
detainee,
or
inmate
in
a
custodial
setting;
28
(d)
To
provide
services
or
render
aid
during
a
natural
disaster,
during
29
a
declared
emergency,
or
when
necessary
to
prevent
a
serious
threat
to
30
good
order
or
safety;
31
(e)
To
use
a
single
-
user
facility
designated
for
the
opposite
sex,
if
32
such
single
-
user
facility
is
the
only
facility
reasonably
available
at
33
the
time
of
the
person's
use
of
the
facility;
34
(f)
To
use
restroom
facilities
when
the
person
is
in
dire
need
of
uri
-
35
nating
or
defecating
and
such
facility
is
the
only
facility
reasonably
36
available
at
the
time
of
the
person's
use;
37
(g)
To
use
restrooms,
changing
rooms,
and
sleeping
quarters
that
have
38
been
temporarily
designated
for
use
by
people
of
that
person's
biologi
-
39
cal
sex;
40
(h)
To
provide
coaching
or
athletic
training
during
athletic
events;
41

2
(i)
To
accompany
and
render
assistance
to
a
person
who
is
in
need
of
as
-
1
sistance
when
the
person
rendering
assistance
is:
2
(i)
A
family
member
or
a
legal
guardian;
or
3
(ii)
The
designee
of
the
person
in
need
of
assistance
and
the
de
-
4
signee
is
not
a
member
of
the
designated
sex
for
the
single
-
sex
re
-
5
stroom,
changing
facility,
or
sleeping
quarters;
or
6
(j)
To
a
minor
child
who
is
in
need
of
assistance
and,
for
the
purpose
7
of
receiving
that
assistance,
is
accompanied
by
a
family
member,
a
legal
8
guardian,
or
the
individual's
designee
who
is
a
member
of
the
designated
9
sex
for
the
single
-
sex
restroom
or
changing
facility.
10
(3)
As
used
in
this
section,
"changing
room"
means
a
facility
in
which
1
1
a
person
may
be
in
a
state
of
undress
in
the
presence
of
others,
including
a
12
locker
room,
changing
room,
or
shower
room.
13
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
14
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
15
July
1,
2026.
16