Governor Little signed HB 752 into law — making it a crime in Idaho to enter a restroom or changing room that doesn't match your biological sex.

Parents also score a major win as the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act clears the Idaho Senate, requiring schools and doctors to notify parents within 72 hours of any social transition request. Meanwhile, a Fish & Game Commissioner faces poaching charges, the Boise Pride Flag moves closer to coming down, and Idaho's attorney general pushes back against federal courts on prisoner healthcare — plus more stories shaping the Gem State this last week.

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00:00 Intro

00:55 HB 752: Protecting Women's Spaces in Idaho

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0752.pdf

02:52 Idaho Parents Win: Parents Must Be Told of Transition

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0822E1.pdf

04:39 Boise's Pride Flag Defiance Costs $2,000/Day

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/30/idaho-senate-to-consider-letting-ag-seek-to-bar-local-officials-from-office-for-violating-state-law/

https://idahonews.com/news/local/idaho-senate-passes-bill-to-fine-the-city-of-boise-for-flying-lgbtq-pride-flag

06:16 Idaho F&G Commissioner Charged with Poaching

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/03/idaho-fish-and-game-commissioner-charged-with-poaching-bull-elk/

https://www.kivitv.com/news/idaho-fish-and-game-commissioner-pleads-not-guilty-to-poaching-charges

08:10 Idaho AG Fights Prisoner Trans Surgery Mandate

https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/idaho-attorney-general-joins-24-state-coalition-opposing-gender-affirming-surgery-for-prisoners

09:41 Idaho Steps Up for Unpaid Boise TSA Workers

https://www.kivitv.com/boise-airport/boise-tsa-officers-unpaid-for-40-days-community-steps-in-ahead-of-easter

11:46 Idaho Pushes ICE Cooperation: Who's Resisting?

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/27/idaho-law-enforcement-frustrated-by-legislatures-new-immigration-bills/

13:16 Sovereign Grace Pastor Gets Sentencing Date

https://idahonews.com/news/local/former-nampa-pastor-to-learn-sentence-for-trading-child-porn

14:55 Outro

The Idaho House just passed a bill requiring law enforcement to verify the immigration status of every single person arrested in Idaho — and it wasn't close. Now it goes to the Senate, and Idaho is watching.

Also, Idaho schools must now tell parents within 72 hours if a child asks to socially transition, Boise's sexual abuse scandal reaches its ninth claim, and a Nampa lawmaker fights to stop foreign investors from buying Idaho homes. The Treasure Valley also mourns Mayor Rick Hogaboam, who died suddenly at 47 after just 74 days in office.

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00:00 Intro

01:04 Idaho House Passes Immigration Arrest Bill

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/16/idaho-committee-advances-bill-requiring-immigration-status-nationality-be-recorded-on-all-arrests/

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/18/idaho-house-passes-bill-to-require-immigration-status-nationality-be-reported-on-every-arrest/

02:50 Idaho Bans Trans Bathrooms in All Buildings

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0607.pdf

05:01 Idaho Stops Secret Kid Transitions at School

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0822.pdf

06:20 Idaho Asks SCOTUS to Restore Marriage Definition

https://www.kivitv.com/news/political/inside-the-statehouse/idaho-house-passes-memorial-asking-u-s-supreme-court-to-overturn-same-sex-marriage-ruling

08:26 Idaho's Presidential Primary Is Coming Back

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/04/idaho-legislature-might-bring-back-presidential-primary-after-caucus-had-abysmal-turnout/

10:44 Boise Schools Face Another $50M Abuse Claim

https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/boise-district-receives-another-sexual-abuse-tort-claim/

12:49 Nampa Lawmaker Fights Foreign Home Buying in Idaho

https://boisedev.com/news/2026/03/17/foreign-ownership-homes/

14:18 Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam Dead at 47

16:39 Closing

A 43-year-old woman stole an ambulance, rammed it into a DHS-leased building, and poured gasoline across the lobby — and now new dashcam footage captures exactly what she did. Federal prosecutors call it domestic terrorism, and she faces up to 20 years in prison.

Also this week: ICE is expanding a detention facility near Idaho. Students ditched class to protest immigration enforcement. A mandatory moment of silence bill is heading to the governor's desk. School library content laws are getting sharper teeth. A vaccine mandate bill stalled in committee. Foster care protections are nearing the finish line. And Speaker Moyle is drawing a hard line to keep Idaho's water inside state lines.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:51 Meridian DHS Attack Suspect Faces 20 Years

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/meridian/dashcam-shows-suspect-crashing-ambulance-into-portico-north-building-dumping-gasoline-before-fleeing

02:21 ICE Expands Detention Near Idaho

https://idahonews.com/news/local/idaho-house-passes-bill-requiring-local-police-to-partner-with-ice-officials

04:18 Idaho Kids Ditch Class to Protest ICE

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/03/bonneville-students-hold-walkout-against-ice-second-walkout-in-eastern-idaho/

06:16 Moyle Fights to Keep Idaho's Water in Idaho

https://www.kivitv.com/news/political/inside-the-statehouse/despite-utahs-best-efforts-house-speaker-mike-moyle-is-not-done-trying-to-protect-idahos-water

08:11 Foster Care Bills Near Idaho Finish Line

https://idahonews.com/news/local/three-bills-aimed-at-protecting-idaho-foster-care-advancing-through-statehouse

09:33 Quiet Time Maybe Coming to Idaho Schools

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/03/idaho-nears-required-minute-of-silence-at-school-one-option-for-students-prayer/

11:53 Idaho's School Library Smut Ban Gets Stronger

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/12/idaho-house-to-consider-bills-amending-2024-harmful-to-minors-library-law/

13:38 Idaho Vaccine Freedom Bill Stalls in Committee

https://www.kivitv.com/news/political/inside-the-statehouse/idaho-committee-votes-to-hold-vaccine-bill-after-two-days-of-testimony

https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho-committee-rejects-bill-to-repeal-childhood-vaccine-requirements/

15:26 Closing