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Idaho S1198

EDUCATIONENGROSSED

Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.

EDUCATION -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education.

Legislative Session

active

2025 Regular Session

Selected quotes

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; [...] TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICES AND OFFICERS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE USE FOR CERTAIN FUNDS, TO PROHIBIT DIVERSITY TRAININGS, TO PROHIBIT BIAS REPORTING SYSTEMS, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN REQUIRED COURSES, TO PROVIDE FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS, TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING APPLICABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI" means any trainings, programs, activities, or instruction that is derived from or that promotes the tenets or concepts of critical theory, including but not limited to the concepts of [...] gender theory, queer theory, neopronouns, transgender ideology, misgendering, othering, deadnaming, heteronormativity, allyship, or any other related formulation of these tenets or concepts.

Links

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Sponsors

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Calendar

datetimetypelocationdescription
2025-03-2808:00HearingRoom WW55Senate State Affairs Committee

History

DateAction
2025-04-01Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2025-04-01Read First Time, Referred to Education
2025-03-31Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2025-03-31Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote
2025-03-31Read in full as required) -- PASSED 27-8-0
2025-03-31Title apvd
2025-03-31to House
2025-03-27Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2025-03-26Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing