H0855 • 2026

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law regarding lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

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

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FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law regarding lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

What This Bill Does

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law regarding lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

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Bill History

2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 252 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-31 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 4:50 p.m. on March 30, 2026
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-11-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward NAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Shippy Floor Sponsor - Harris Title apvd - to House
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 48-17-5 AYES – Barbieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Alfieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Ehlers, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Wisniewski Absent – Cannon, Crane(13), Hall(Stone), Manwaring, Vander Woude Floor Sponsor - Petzke Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation

Official Summary Text

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law regarding lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

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.
855
BY
WAYS
AND
MEANS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
FISH
AND
GAME;
AMENDING
SECTION
36
-
413,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
2
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
LIFETIME
LICENSE
CERTIFICATES;
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
36
-
413,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
36
-
413.
LIFETIME
LICENSE
CERTIFICATE
-
-
FEE.
(a)
The
fish
and
game
8
commission
shall
issue
rules
and
regulations
to
administer
a
lifetime
li
-
9
cense
certificate
system.
10
(b)
A
lifetime
license
certificate
may
be
sold
to
any
person
who
quali
-
1
1
fies
as
a
resident
or
is
granted
resident
license
privileges
as
provided
in
12
subsection
(s)
of
section
36
-
202,
Idaho
Code
,
if
such
person
has
been
a
resi
-
13
dent
of
this
state
for
at
least
five
(5)
years
immediately
preceding
the
date
14
of
application
for
the
lifetime
license
certificate.
If
the
applicant
is
un
-
15
der
the
age
of
five
(5)
years,
a
legal
guardian
of
the
child
shall
have
been
a
16
resident
of
this
state
for
at
least
five
(5)
years
immediately
preceding
the
17
date
of
application
.
18
(c)
A
lifetime
certificate
may
be
obtained
by
a
person
one
(1)
day
of
age
19
through
one
(1)
year
of
age
possessing
the
qualifications
therein
described
20
upon
payment
of:
twenty
-
five
(25)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
combined
21
hunting
and
fishing
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
combined
22
hunting
and
fishing
license
certificate;
twenty
-
five
(25)
times
the
fee
pre
-
23
scribed
for
a
hunting
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
hunting
24
license
certificate;
twenty
-
five
(25)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
fishing
25
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
fishing
license
certificate;
26
or
twenty
-
five
(25)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
trapping
license
in
sec
-
27
tion
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
trapping
license
certificate.
28
(d)
A
lifetime
certificate
may
be
obtained
by
a
person
two
(2)
years
of
29
age
through
fifty
(50)
years
of
age
possessing
the
qualifications
therein
30
described
upon
payment
of:
thirty
-
five
(35)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
31
combined
hunting
and
fishing
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
32
a
combined
hunting
and
fishing
license
certificate;
thirty
-
five
(35)
times
33
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
hunting
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
34
for
a
hunting
license
certificate;
thirty
-
five
(35)
times
the
fee
prescribed
35
for
a
fishing
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
fishing
license
36
certificate;
or
thirty
-
five
(35)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
trapping
li
-
37
cense
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
trapping
license
certificate.
38
(e)
A
lifetime
certificate
may
be
obtained
by
a
person
fifty
-
one
(51)
39
years
of
age
or
older
possessing
the
qualifications
therein
described
upon
40
payment
of:
twenty
(20)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
combined
hunting
and
41
fishing
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
combined
hunting
42

2
and
fishing
license
certificate;
twenty
(20)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
1
a
hunting
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
hunting
license
2
certificate;
twenty
(20)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
fishing
license
in
3
section
36
-
416(a),
Idaho
Code,
for
a
fishing
license
certificate;
or
twenty
4
(20)
times
the
fee
prescribed
for
a
trapping
license
in
section
36
-
416(a),
5
Idaho
Code,
for
a
trapping
license
certificate.
6
(f)
Holders
of
lifetime
license
certificates
shall
be
subject
to
the
7
provisions
of
title
36,
Idaho
Code.
8
(g)
The
director
shall
promptly
transmit
to
the
state
treasurer
all
9
moneys
received
by
him
from
the
sale
of
lifetime
license
certificates
and
10
the
state
treasurer
shall
deposit
all
such
moneys
in
the
fish
and
game
trust
1
1
fund.
All
such
moneys
shall
be
expended
at
the
direction
of
the
commission
12
to
carry
out
the
purposes
of
the
Idaho
fish
and
game
code
or
any
law
or
regu
-
13
lation
promulgated
for
the
protection
of
wildlife,
and
shall
be
used
for
no
14
other
purpose.
15
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
16
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
17
July
1,
2026.
18