S1323 • 2026

IDAHO CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY ACT OF 2025 – Amends existing law to provide for the specific performance of tendering the type or form of specie expressly designated in certain contracts.

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Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: H St Aff
Effective date: Not listed

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IDAHO CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY ACT OF 2025 – Amends existing law to provide for the specific performance of tendering the type or form of specie expressly designated in certain contracts.

What This Bill Does

IDAHO CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY ACT OF 2025 – Amends existing law to provide for the specific performance of tendering the type or form of specie expressly designated in certain contracts.

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Bill History

2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-1-3 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Keyser(Galloway), Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – Wintrow Absent and excused – Den Hartog, Rabe, Woodward Floor Sponsor - Hart Title apvd - to House
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2026-02-18 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

IDAHO CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY ACT OF 2025 – Amends existing law to provide for the specific performance of tendering the type or form of specie expressly designated in certain contracts.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1323
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
IDAHO
CONSTITUTIONAL
MONEY
ACT
OF
2025;
AMENDING
SECTION
2
67
-
9803,
AS
ENACTED
BY
SECTION
2,
CHAPTER
107,
LAWS
OF
2025,
TO
PROVIDE
3
FOR
THE
SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE
OF
TENDERING
THE
TYPE
OR
FORM
OF
SPECIE
EX
-
4
PRESSLY
DESIGNATED
IN
CERTAIN
CONTRACTS
AND
TO
REDESIGNATE
THE
SECTION;
5
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
67
-
9803,
Idaho
Code,
as
enacted
by
Section
2,
Chapter
8
107,
Laws
of
2025,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
67
-
9803
67
-
9903
.
GOLD
AND
SILVER
COIN
AND
SPECIE.
(1)
To
the
full
ex
-
10
tent
allowed
by
clause
1,
section
10,
article
I
of,
and
the
tenth
amendment
1
1
to,
the
constitution
of
the
United
States,
gold
and
silver
coin
and
specie
12
minted
domestically
shall
be
legal
tender
in
the
state
of
Idaho
under
the
13
laws
of
this
state.
The
state
may
also
elect
to
use
gold
and
silver
coin
and
14
specie
in
conducting
its
business.
15
(2)
Unless
expressly
provided
by
statute
or
by
contract,
no
person
or
16
other
entity
may
compel
another
person
or
other
entity
to
tender
or
accept
17
gold
or
silver
coin
or
specie
unless
agreed
upon
by
the
parties.
18
(3)
If
a
valid
contract
expressly
designates
a
type
or
form
of
specie
19
as
tender,
then
an
Idaho
court
asked
to
adjudicate
a
breach
of
such
contract
20
shall
require,
as
a
remedy
for
such
breach,
the
specific
performance
of
ten
-
21
dering
the
type
or
form
of
specie
expressly
designated
in
the
contract.
22
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
23
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
24
July
1,
2026.
25