HB 659 would take public safety decisions away from local communities by forcing all Idaho law enforcement to partner with ICE.
‼️Sign our petition and tell Idaho lawmakers you don't want Idaho police to work for ICE: act.aclu.org/a/idstop287g
TAKE ACTION 📣 Tell your senator to oppose HB 822: secure.ngpvan.com/2LI8rQo7wU2z...
🚨 TAKE ACTION: Idaho lawmakers are circumventing democratic processes to ram HB 822 through the legislature, despite widespread public opposition.
📢 Send a message to your senator telling them Idaho politicians should NOT decide how kids express themselves through dress & looks: buff.ly/ohGIXi0
UPDATE: The Idaho House quickly passed HB 822 along party lines. Lawmakers chose to suspend House Rule 27 to suppress the minority report, which outlined overwhelming dissent. This kind of move is an abuse of lawmakers’ authority and disrespects the state’s sacred process of creating new laws.
BREAKING: An Idaho House Committee passed HB 822. This dangerous and unconstitutional bill would require trusted adults, such as teachers and counselors, to monitor children for signs that they are not conforming to gender stereotypes. Learn more about the bill: buff.ly/7kw0CXu
State lawmakers are advancing an alarming wave of bills that encroach on the authority of local governments, law enforcement, and businesses. Here are some of the bills we are concerned about in the Idaho legislature. See all bills we're tracking here: www.acluidaho.org/legislation/...
Comparing brownface to someone's gender identity trivializes racism and dismisses the legitimacy of trans people’s existence.
Brownface reinforces harmful stereotypes and has a long history rooted in dehumanization.
Transgender people aren’t impersonating anyone. They are living as themselves.
BREAKING: HB 764 was held in committee. This would have made it a crime to help an undocumented person.
Thank you to the nonprofits, attorneys, faith leaders and their community, law enforcement leaders, and community members who came together in opposition to HB 764.
A public hearing will take place TOMORROW (Tuesday, March 3) at 1:30 p.m. MST for HB 764.
HB 764 would make it a crime for any organization to help undocumented immigrants. Learn more about this cruel anti-immigrant bill: buff.ly/VOhRzlC
Trans people deserve the same rights as everyone else, including equal access to public spaces, personal identification, and voting.
House Bill 659 is headed to the House floor. This bill would require all Idaho law enforcement agencies to partner with ICE through 287(g) agreements. Idaho lawmakers should let local police focus on community needs rather than divert taxpayer money away from public safety.
Bathroom laws don’t improve safety and privacy. They only put trans people in danger.
This harmful, racist demonstration was a clear violation of basic decency and Idaho lawmakers' own decorum rules. If you agree with us that it is unacceptable for lawmakers to give this a tacit endorsement, contact the House Ethics Committee:
hethics@house.idaho.gov
208-332-1111
Unacceptable. Point blank, period.
A majority of Idahoans support marriage equality: 2023 data from the Public Religion Research Institute found that 59% of Idahoans support same-sex marriage. Source: prri.org/wp-content/u...
This latest attack on marriage equality is part of a calculated effort to erode LGBTQ+ freedoms. Lawmakers continue to waste state resources over an issue that has already been decided by the courts and accepted by a majority of Idahoans.
"Idahoans value responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, but not all government functions can be reduced without consequence."
There is absolutely no room to cut public defense funding. The system has been underresourced for years, and we cannot keep sliding backward. tinyurl.com/bp9rfms7
Idaho's new bathroom bills would ban trans people from accessing public spaces and make it a crime for them to simply exist in a public bathroom. These harmful bills would also increase policing of physical appearance, making bathrooms less private and safe.
Idaho youth are already experiencing consequences from a harmful so-called "parental rights" law signed in 2024. Contact Rep. Ehardt at behardt@house.idaho.gov to demand a fix to the “Band Aid law” that allows suicide hotlines to hang up on kids in crisis. @babevote.bsky.social
Call Rep. Ehardt at 208-332-1189 & tell her to fix the “Band Aid law” that is killing children. Details in graphics & in comments. #idpol
“Over the last several years, (Idaho) legislators have gone from refusing to protect us to actively targeting us,” said Nikson Mathews, who serves as chair of the Idaho Democratic Queer Caucus. #idleg #idpol
Our Annual Meeting is tonight at 6:30 pm MT on Zoom. Join us for fun trivia, updates on our work, and a Q&A with our team. RSVP to receive the meeting link: action.aclu.org/webform/id-2...
Two new bills in the Idaho legislature would force government buildings and private businesses to police which bathrooms people are using.
This type of legislation harms the trans community, poses right to privacy concerns, and infringes on private businesses' right to establish their own policies.
Idahoans since 2015: We would like basic, statewide anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ+ community.
State lawmakers in 2026: Here's a bill that would erase local LGBTQ+ protections for thousands of Idahoans.
Contact your elected officials and ask them to oppose HB 557: buff.ly/MpSasyO
Hundreds of masked ICE agents descended on a community event in Idaho, violently arresting children and their families at gunpoint.
We're suing the Trump administration and 4 local police agencies for abusing criminal warrants to carry out unconstitutional immigration raids.
As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event.
They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.
