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H 504 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2026)

IDAHO STATE LOTTERY – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit bulk lottery ticket purchases.

H 504 prohibits bulk purchases of Idaho lottery tickets, defined as buying more than $5,000 worth of tickets within 24 hours (across single or multiple transactions/locations). The Idaho State Lottery can deny prize payments for tickets bought in bulk and investigate suspicious purchase patterns. Retailers who knowingly facilitate bulk purchases face penalties, including contract termination. This directly affects individuals or groups buying large quantities of tickets and lottery retailers selling them.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Signed Mar 2, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2026 · House Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

31–4
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Feb 23, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
25 Yea 4 Nay 1
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Kohl, Lenney, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – HartFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-6-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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