S1445 • 2026

INVASIVE SPECIES – Adds to existing law to provide that certain rats are invasive species.

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Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: H Agric Aff
Effective date: Not listed

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INVASIVE SPECIES – Adds to existing law to provide that certain rats are invasive species.

What This Bill Does

INVASIVE SPECIES – Adds to existing law to provide that certain rats are invasive species.

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Bill History

2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-2-2 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Hart, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito NAYS – Harris, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Foreman, Keyser Floor Sponsor - Nichols Title apvd - to House
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to Agricultural Affairs
2026-03-31 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

INVASIVE SPECIES – Adds to existing law to provide that certain rats are invasive species.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1445
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
RATS;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
23,
TITLE
67,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
2
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
67
-
2304,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
THAT
CERTAIN
RATS
ARE
AN
3
INVASIVE
SPECIES;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
23,
Title
67,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
6
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
7
ignated
as
Section
67
-
2304,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
8
67
-
2304.
RATS
-
-
INVASIVE
SPECIES.
(1)
The
Norway
rat,
roof
rat,
and
9
any
wild
and
uncontrolled
rat
is
hereby
declared
to
be
an
invasive
species
10
pursuant
to
the
invasive
species
act
of
2008,
chapter
19,
title
22,
Idaho
1
1
Code.
All
local
governments
are
hereby
empowered
to
take
whatever
reason
-
12
able
steps,
if
any,
that
they
deem
necessary
and
appropriate
to
control
and
13
remove
the
rat
on
public
property
within
their
jurisdiction
and
to
control
14
and
remove
the
rat
on
private
property
after
obtaining
written
permission
15
from
the
legal
owner
of
such
property.
16
(2)
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
"local
government"
means
any
17
county,
city,
municipality,
or
other
political
subdivision
of
the
state
of
18
Idaho.
19
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
20
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
21
passage
and
approval.
22