AIRBORNE CONTROL OF PREDATORY ANIMALS – Amends existing law to provide for shooting of coyotes, wolves, and red foxes from aircraft.
Idaho's H 630 amends state law to allow permits for shooting coyotes, wolves, and red foxes from aircraft to protect livestock, crops, or land. Landowners must provide written permission for operations on their property, and permit holders must submit quarterly reports to the agriculture department. The bill specifies that red fox control is permitted year-round in designated hunting areas or where predation is causing problems outside those areas. It also eliminates existing administrative rules about this practice, effective July 2026.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Failed
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2026
Last action Mar 25, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026 · House Feb 24, 2026
How they voted
7–28
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Mar 25, 2026
D
Democratic6
83% Nay
R
Republican30
76% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 25, 2026
Vote failed
Senate Vote: fail (7-28-1)
senate
Mar 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Agricultural Affairs
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-8-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Ska
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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