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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 781 Revises County Powers Over Agricultural Pests
Last action · March 31, 2026: Take bill off General Orders; referred to Agricultural Affairs
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What This Bill Proposed
Idaho House Bill 781 updates the authority of county commissioners to declare and control , including predatory animals, rodents, insects, and plant disease-causing agents, effective July 1, 2026.
Changes the legal scope of pests that county governments can officially target and manage across public and private lands.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
board of county commissioners
County commissioners receive updated legal authority to declare and manage agricultural pests within their jurisdictions.
agricultural producers
Crops, livestock, and lands operated by agricultural producers fall under the revised county pest control provisions.
Key Facts
- Grants county commissioners full power to declare specific predatory animals, rodents, insects, and plant disease-causing organisms as agricultural pests on public and private lands.
- Includes specific categories for predatory animals, rodents (such as mice, gophers, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, and rats), insects, and plant disease-causing agents.
- Contains an emergency clause making the act take full force and effect on and after July 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 31, 2026CommitteeTake bill off General Orders; referred to Agricultural Affairs
- Mar 25, 2026Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- Feb 27, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
- Feb 26, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Sources
legislature.idaho.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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