S1233 • 2026

CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide that no state court shall enforce, consider, or apply any judgment, decree, ruling, or decision of arbitration based on certain forms of religious or cultural law.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-02-11
Official status: S FAILED
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide that no state court shall enforce, consider, or apply any judgment, decree, ruling, or decision of arbitration based on certain forms of religious or cultural law.

What This Bill Does

CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide that no state court shall enforce, consider, or apply any judgment, decree, ruling, or decision of arbitration based on certain forms of religious or cultural law.

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Bill History

2026-02-11 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – FAILED - 15-19-1 AYES – Anthon, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woodward NAYS – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Galloway, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Shippy, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Wintrow Floor Sponsor - Foreman Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate
2026-02-09 Idaho State Legislature
Retained on calendar
2026-02-04 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-02-03 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-01-28 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide that no state court shall enforce, consider, or apply any judgment, decree, ruling, or decision of arbitration based on certain forms of religious or cultural law.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1233
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
COURTS
ACT;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
16,
TITLE
1,
2
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
1
-
1626,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PRO
-
3
VIDE
THAT
NO
STATE
COURT
SHALL
ENFORCE,
CONSIDER,
OR
APPLY
ANY
JUDGMENT,
4
DECREE,
RULING,
OR
DECISION
OF
ARBITRATION
BASED
ON
CERTAIN
FORMS
OF
5
RELIGIOUS
OR
CULTURAL
LAW;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
6
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
16,
Title
1,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
9
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
10
ignated
as
Section
1
-
1626,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
1
1
1
-
1626.
CONSTITUTIONAL
COURTS
ACT.
No
state
court
at
any
level
of
ju
-
12
risdiction
or
authority
shall
enforce,
consider,
or
apply
any
judgment,
de
-
13
cree,
ruling,
or
decision
of
arbitration
based
on
a
body
of
religious
or
cul
-
14
tural
law
that
does
not
fully
support
and
conform
with
the
rights
of
citi
-
15
zens
as
defined
in
the
United
States
constitution
and
the
constitution
of
the
16
state
of
Idaho.
17
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
18
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
19
July
1,
2026.
20