Ben Fuhriman

S1294 Hearing-loss Screening Requirement (Passed 37 to 32 on 3/26/2026). Requires that all infants born in Idaho receive a hearing-loss screening before being discharged from a medical facility.

H921 Education Spending (Passed 48 to 21 on 3/19/2026). Appropriates an additional $517,800 in federal funds for the state Department of Education for fiscal year 2027.

H752 Biological Sex (Passed 54 to 15 on 3/16/2026). Prohibits a person from knowingly entering a public restroom or changing room designated for the opposite biological sex.

H650 State Sovereignty (Passed 62 to 6 on 3/5/2026). Declares that Idaho retains all powers not delegated to the federal government under the U.S. Constitution.

H637 Real Money (Passed 55 to 13 on 2/26/2026). Expands Idaho's recognition of gold and silver as legal tender.

HCR25 Con-Con (Passed 36 to 34 on 2/6/2026). Applies to Congress for an Article V convention to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

S1210 Medical Freedom (passed 44 to 23 on 4/4/2025). Prohibits governmental entities, businesses, and schools from mandating vaccines, mask requirements, or other “medical interventions.”

HCR10 Article V Convention (rejected 26 to 44 on 3/12/2025). Would make three separate applications to Congress to call a “convention of the states” under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

H157 DNA Samples for Misdemeanors (rejected 34 to 34 on 3/7/2025). Would order the collection of a DNA sample from any person who is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, any “serious crime,” including certain misdemeanors.

H177 Constitutional Money (passed 66 to 3 on 2/25/2025). Creates the “Idaho Constitutional Money Act of 2025,” declaring “gold and silver coin” as legal tender.

HJR1 Repeal of Compulsory Government Education (failed two-thirds vote 46 to 23 on 2/19/2025). Would propose to amend Article IX, Section 9, of the Idaho Constitution to remove the provision that allows the Legislature to require public school attendance.

HJM1 Urging the SCOTUS to Overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (adopted 46 to 24 on 1/27/2025). Urges the United States Supreme Court to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”