S1369 • 2026

PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS – Adds to and repeals existing law to establish provisions regarding place of trial for certain civil actions.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-30
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.

PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS – Adds to and repeals existing law to establish provisions regarding place of trial for certain civil actions.

What This Bill Does

PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS – Adds to and repeals existing law to establish provisions regarding place of trial for certain civil actions.

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

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by Governor on 03/26/26 Session Law Chapter 163 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported delivered to Governor at 4:33 p.m. on 03/25/26
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Berch, Cornilles Floor Sponsor - Shirts Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Hart Title apvd - to House
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS – Adds to and repeals existing law to establish provisions regarding place of trial for certain civil actions.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1369
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
PLACE
OF
TRIAL
OF
CIVIL
ACTIONS;
REPEALING
SECTION
5
-
404,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
RELATING
TO
OTHER
ACTIONS,
VENUE,
AND
CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS;
AMEND
-
3
ING
CHAPTER
4,
TITLE
5,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
4
5
-
404,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
OTHER
ACTIONS,
5
VENUE,
AND
CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
6
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
That
Section
5
-
404
,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
9
repealed.
10
SECTION
2.
That
Chapter
4,
Title
5,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
1
1
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
12
ignated
as
Section
5
-
404,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
13
5
-
404.
OTHER
ACTIONS
-
-
VENUE
-
-
EXCEPTIONS.
(1)
Except
as
otherwise
14
provided
by
this
chapter
or
other
provisions
of
law,
a
plaintiff
shall
bring
15
an
action
in
the
county
in
which:
16
(a)
The
cause
of
action
arises;
or
17
(b)
Any
defendant
resides
at
the
commencement
of
the
action.
18
(2)
If
none
of
the
defendants
reside
in
the
state
of
Idaho
at
the
time
of
19
the
cause
of
the
action,
or
prior
to
the
filing
of
the
complaint,
the
action
20
may
be
brought
in
any
county,
which
the
plaintiff
may
designate
in
the
com
-
21
plaint.
22
(3)
Actions
against
life
or
fire
insurance
companies
may
be
filed
in
the
23
county
where
the
death
occurred
or
the
loss
was
sustained.
24
(4)
Actions
against
any
corporation
organized
under
the
laws
of
the
25
state
of
Idaho
shall
be
filed
in
any
county
where
the
defendant
has
its
prin
-
26
cipal
place
of
business
or
in
the
county
in
which
the
cause
of
action
arose.
27
(5)
Nothing
in
this
chapter
shall
limit
the
power
of
the
court
to
change
28
the
place
of
trial,
as
otherwise
provided
by
law.
29
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
30
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
31
July
1,
2026.
32