COUNTY FAIR BOARDS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding county fair boards.
This bill allows county fair boards in Idaho counties with 200,000 or more residents to become advisory bodies to the county commissioners, giving the commissioners more direct control over fair operations. Under the new rules, commissioners would retain and exercise all existing powers, duties, and responsibilities of the fair board, while the ordinance must specify how the board advises commissioners and handles its operations. The changes apply only to single-county fair districts that already meet the population threshold before January 1, 2024, and do not affect multi-county fair districts or counties that reach the population limit after that date.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes · House Mar 12, 2026
How they voted
47–13
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 65
Mar 12, 2026
D
Democratic8
62% Yea
R
Republican57
73% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – PASSED - 51-14-5AYES – Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tann
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
lower
Mar 4, 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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