Production & Commodities
This is the statutory apparatus around producing and selling an Idaho agricultural product: the commodity commissions and their assessments, brand inspection, testing and grading standards, certificates for export, and direct-to-consumer sales.
It also covers the defensive side. The Right to Farm Act limits nuisance complaints against established operations, and pest, weed, and invasive species law decides who abates what and at whose cost.
Labeling drew measures in both recent sessions. Cell-cultivated and alternative animal proteins, and industrial hemp products intended for human consumption, both moved from failed bills to enacted law across two sessions.
The legislative record
More than half of these measures were enacted, the highest enactment rate of any area here. Across the 2019 through 2026 sessions the Legislature took up 83 measures in this area, of which 47 were enacted or adopted. Every entry links to the Legislature's own page for that measure.
| Bill | Session | Measure | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| H0631 | 2026 | AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATES OF FREE SALE – Amends existing law to integrate IDAPA 02.01.05 into Idaho Code. | Enacted (ch. 216) |
| H0662 | 2026 | MILK TESTING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding milk and cream testing methods. | Enacted (ch. 74) |
| H0772 | 2026 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends existing law to provide for negligent violations. | Enacted (ch. 293) |
| H0826 | 2026 | HONEY INDUSTRY – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Honey Commission. | Enacted (ch. 218) |
| H0879 | 2026 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends existing law to provide for the sale of hemp products intended for human ingestion or inhalation. | Enacted (ch. 292) |
| S1241 | 2026 | ANIMALS – Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of working animals. | Enacted (ch. 105) |
| S1242 | 2026 | POTATO COMMISSION – Amends and repeals existing law to remove outdated provisions. | Enacted (ch. 55) |
| S1270 | 2026 | CELL-CULTIVATED ANIMAL PROTEINS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding cell-cultivated animal protein labeling, oversight, and penalties. | Enacted (ch. 247) |
| S1283 | 2026 | AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho Direct to Consumer Commerce Act. | Enacted (ch. 91) |
| H0173 | 2025 | ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the commission and to increase assessments. | Enacted (ch. 138) |
| S1016 | 2025 | BRANDS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain fees. | Enacted (ch. 160) |
| S1033 | 2025 | RIGHT TO FARM ACT – Amends and adds to existing law to provide penalties for certain complaints filed against agricultural operations. | Enacted (ch. 147) |
| S1054 | 2025 | BEANS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Bean Commission and tax levies on beans. | Enacted (ch. 162) |
| H0472 | 2024 | AGRICULTURE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the inspection of private premises. | Enacted (ch. 28) |
| H0474 | 2024 | PESTICIDES AND CHEMIGATION – Adds to existing law to provide for false reports of damage claims. | Enacted (ch. 88) |
| H0549 | 2024 | CHEMIGATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding pesticide and chemigation applicators and licensing, chemical suppliers, and inspections. | Enacted (ch. 52) |
| H0591 | 2024 | CERVIDAE – Adds to existing law to provide for fencing and harvest during quarantine and to provide for the application of quarantine. | Enacted (ch. 108) |
| H0608 | 2024 | AGRICULTURE – Adds to existing law to provide for agricultural protection areas. | Enacted (ch. 215) |
| H0712 | 2024 | ESTRAYS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain time requirements, penalties and damages, and charges for care and to establish provisions regarding willfully and wantonly allowing estrays. | Enacted (ch. 263) |
| S1322 | 2024 | INVASIVE SPECIES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide requirements for launch and transport of conveyances and to provide that a portion of annual revenue deposited in the invasive species fund may be made available to counties, cities, and other local entities for certain equipment and supplies. | Enacted (ch. 122) |
| H0094 | 2023 | NOXIOUS WEEDS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding county duties associated with certain notices. | Enacted (ch. 30) |
| H0095 | 2023 | COMMERCIAL FEED – Amends existing law to clarify that animal remedies for certain animals that include ingredients from industrial hemp are not considered adulterated. | Enacted (ch. 28) |
| H0349 | 2023 | HERD DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to provide that the owner of certain livestock shall not be liable for damage caused by such livestock that stray from an open range to a herd district unless the district is enclosed by fences, cattle guards, or cattle gates. | Enacted (ch. 261) |
| S1036 | 2023 | RAW MILK – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding raw milk and raw milk products. | Enacted (ch. 113) |
| H0455 | 2022 | AGRICULTURE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding certain fees and to remove provisions regarding certain inspection fees, tonnage fees and reports, and the artificial production of rainfall. | Enacted (ch. 27) |
| H0530 | 2022 | IDAHO HOP GROWER’S COMMISSION – Adds to existing law to authorize the commission to promote beer made with Idaho-grown hops. | Enacted (ch. 89) |
| H0559 | 2022 | CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide for the confined animal feeding operations improvement fund and committee. | Enacted (ch. 51) |
| H0606 | 2022 | RIGHT TO FARM – Amends existing law to revise a definition. | Enacted (ch. 116) |
| H0050 | 2021 | FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTITUTE – Repeals existing law relating to the Idaho Food Quality Assurance Institute. | Enacted (ch. 38) |
| H0051 | 2021 | DAIRIES – Amends existing law to provide nutrient management standards on dairy farms. | Enacted (ch. 64) |
| H0064 | 2021 | VETERINARIANS – Amends, adds to, and repeals existing law regarding the Veterinary Practice Act. | Enacted (ch. 40) |
| H0126 | 2021 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding industrial hemp. | Enacted (ch. 242) |
| H0166 | 2021 | DOMESTIC CERVIDAE – Amends existing law to remove the prohibition of holding reindeer for domestic purposes north of the Salmon River. | Enacted (ch. 245) |
| H0167 | 2021 | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding rulemaking. | Enacted (ch. 128) |
| H0356 | 2020 | BEEF CATTLE – Amends existing law to provide that operations electing to utilize certain nutrient management planners are consenting to allow such plans to be housed with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and to provide that certain information shall be exempt from disclosure. | Enacted (ch. 66) |
| S1224 | 2020 | WEIGHMASTERS – Amends and repeals existing law to remove licensing provisions, to provide for compliance with specified law by weighmasters, and to revise provisions regarding weight and tare tickets. | Enacted (ch. 141) |
| S1225 | 2020 | AGRICULTURE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reporting requirements associated with certain fertilizers and soil and plant amendments. | Enacted (ch. 142) |
| S1248 | 2020 | SEED AND PLANT CERTIFICATION – Amends existing law to remove the requirement that the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station use the administrative rules process to set standards and requirements for seed certification. | Enacted (ch. 80) |
| S1286 | 2020 | ANIMALS – Repeals existing law relating to the taking up of hogs and hogs running at large within towns. | Enacted (ch. 135) |
| S1294 | 2020 | DOMESTIC CERVIDAE – Amends existing law to revise fee provisions. | Enacted (ch. 319) |
| H0038 | 2019 | FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT – Amends existing law to revise a date by which certain contracts and contracting authority shall transition to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. | Enacted (ch. 27) |
| H0060 | 2019 | COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS – Amends existing law regarding a voting limitation; to provide for bylaw requirements; and to revise marketing contract provisions. | Enacted (ch. 49) |
| H0176 | 2019 | POTATOES – Amends existing law to revise definitions and to provide that certain rulemaking shall not be authorized. | Enacted (ch. 201) |
| S1024 | 2019 | CROP RESIDUE BURNING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding payment of a fee. | Enacted (ch. 32) |
| S1082 | 2019 | STATE BRAND BOARD – Amends existing law to revise certain fee provisions regarding ownership and transportation certificates; to revise brand inspection fees for horses, mules, and asses; and to provide for equine farm service fees. | Enacted (ch. 157) |
| SCR111 | 2024 | VETERINARIANS – States findings of the Legislature and authorizes the State Board of Education to commence preliminary conversations with the state of Utah to establish an operating agreement for Idaho students to participate in Utah’s veterinary program. | Adopted |
| HCR011 | 2019 | IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Stating findings of the Legislature and commemorating the founding of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and commending its continued service to the people of Idaho. | Adopted |
| H0487 | 2020 | PESTICIDES AND CHEMIGATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding prohibited acts and rulemaking. | Vetoed |
| S1271 | 2026 | RATS – Adds to existing law to declare certain rats a public health and safety nuisance and to require abatement. | Failed on a floor vote |
| S1245 | 2024 | PESTICIDES – Adds to existing law to allow certain labels to satisfy any requirements for a warning regarding health or safety or any other provision or doctrine of state law. | Failed on a floor vote |
| HR007 | 2019 | HEMP – Stating findings of the House of Representatives and resolving that it is the policy of this state to allow and encourage the development, research, and production of hemp in Idaho and to provide for the development and submission of a state plan. | Failed on a floor vote |
| H0536 | 2026 | AGRICULTURAL PESTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding agricultural pests. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0771 | 2026 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the sale of industrial hemp products. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0781 | 2026 | AGRICULTURAL PESTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding agricultural pests. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1342 | 2026 | EGGS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for household egg production. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1445 | 2026 | INVASIVE SPECIES – Adds to existing law to provide that certain rats are invasive species. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0024 | 2025 | ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL PROTEINS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding alternative animal protein labeling, oversight, and penalties. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0105 | 2025 | VETERINARY PRACTICES – Amends existing law to revise a provision related to veterinary medical practice ownership. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0456 | 2025 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends existing law to provide an exception for negligent violations. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0478 | 2025 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the sale of industrial hemp products. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0473 | 2024 | AGRICULTURE – Adds to existing law to provide for agricultural protection areas. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0536 | 2024 | CERVIDAE – Adds to existing law to provide for fencing when under quarantine, to provide for hunting or slaughter during quarantine, and to provide for the lifting of quarantine. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0653 | 2024 | PESTICIDES – Adds to existing law to provide for warning labels. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0707 | 2024 | ESTRAYS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain time requirements, penalties and damages, and charges for care and to establish provisions regarding willfully allowing estrays. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1302 | 2024 | ANIMALS – Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of working animals. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1432 | 2024 | PESTICIDES – Adds to existing law to provide for warning labels. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0377 | 2023 | AGRICULTURE – Adds to existing law to provide for agriculture protection areas. | Died without a floor vote |
| SCR102 | 2023 | AGRICULTURAL ISSUES STUDY – States findings of the Legislature and authorizes the Legislative Council to appoint a committee to undertake and complete a study of agricultural issues. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0456 | 2022 | INVASIVE SPECIES FUND – Amends existing law to revise fee provisions. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0466 | 2022 | CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS – Adds to existing law to provide for the Confined Animal Feeding Operations Improvement Fund and Committee. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0641 | 2022 | VETERINARIANS – Amends existing law to provide for indirect supervision and the offering of services to the public by allied health professionals. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1344 | 2022 | RURAL VETERINARIANS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM – Adds to existing law to establish a loan repayment program for rural veterinarians who treat large animals. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1380 | 2022 | RURAL VETERINARIANS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM – Adds to existing law to establish a loan repayment program for rural veterinarians who treat large animals. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0100 | 2021 | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding rulemaking. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0404 | 2021 | VETERINARIANS – Amends existing law to provide for indirect supervision and the offering of services to the public by allied health professionals. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0389 | 2020 | POTATO COMMISSION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Potato Commission. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0591 | 2020 | POTATOES – Amends existing law to provide for partial refunds of certain tax levies. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1253 | 2020 | HEMP AND FDA-APPROVED MEDICAL CANNABIS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide legislative intent, to provide for the research and production of hemp, and to revise definitions. | Died without a floor vote |
| S1345 | 2020 | INDUSTRIAL HEMP – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding industrial hemp. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0121 | 2019 | POTATOES – Adds to existing law to provide for a processed potatoes negotiation period. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0122 | 2019 | HEMP – Amends and adds to existing law to provide legislative intent; to provide for research, production, and regulation of hemp; and to provide an exception regarding tetrahydrocannabinols. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0188 | 2019 | SEED BUYERS – Amends existing law to revise conditions of licensure. | Died without a floor vote |
| H0300 | 2019 | HEMP – Adds to existing law to provide for the interstate transport of hemp and to provide for the Hemp Development Fund. | Died without a floor vote |
Chapter numbers refer to the Idaho Session Laws for the year the measure passed. Compiled from the Legislature's bill index for each session.
Standing committees
Bills in this area are referred to the committees below. Membership shown is the 2026 session composition; committees re-form when a new session convenes.
House Agricultural Affairs
- Chair:
- Rep. Jerald Raymond, District 31
- Vice Chair:
- Rep. John Shirts, District 9
15 further members: Rep. David M. Cannon, Rep. Lori Ann McCann, Rep. Dan Garner, Rep. Jack Nelsen, Rep. Douglas T. Pickett, Rep. Mark Sauter, Rep. Steve Miller, Rep. Robert Beiswenger, Rep. Shawn Dygert, Rep. David J. Leavitt, Rep. Ron Mendive, Rep. Don Hall, Rep. Dori Healey, Rep. Chris Mathias, Rep. Anne Henderson Haws.
Senate Agricultural Affairs
- Chair:
- Sen. Tammy Nichols, District 10
- Vice Chair:
- Sen. Christy Zito, District 8
7 further members: Sen. Todd M. Lakey, Sen. Dave Lent, Sen. Julie VanOrden, Sen. Camille Blaylock, Sen. Joshua Kohl, Sen. Carrie Semmelroth, Sen. Ron C. Taylor.
Further reading
- Idaho's 2026 Legislative Session: Agriculture, Water, and Resource Legislation
Every agriculture, water, and resource measure in Idaho's 2026 session: what was introduced, what became law, and what died, with chapter numbers.
- Idaho's 2025 Legislative Session: Agriculture, Water, and Resource Legislation
Every agriculture, water, and resource measure in Idaho's 2025 session, with session law chapter numbers and what changed by 2026.