H 275 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to provide for local school boards to require internet filtering and to remove provisions regarding digital and online library resources and wireless technology standards.

Idaho's H 275 requires all public school districts and charter schools to implement internet filtering on school devices to block content harmful to minors, as defined by Idaho law (including obscene materials and sexual exploitation content). The bill repeals previous requirements about digital library resources and wireless technology standards, replacing them with new rules for digital library vendors to comply with these filtering standards. School districts must now verify that digital library resources meet these safety requirements or withhold payments from non-compliant vendors. This directly affects school technology policies and digital content providers serving K-12 students.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 19, 2025 · House Feb 28, 2025

How they voted

331
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 19, 2025
D Democratic5
4 Yea 1 Nay
80% Yea
R Republican30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2025 Session Law Chapter 198 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, 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, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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