What is the status of H822?

Signed into law as of April 2, 2026. Latest action: Reported Signed by Governor on April 10, 2026 Session Law Chapter 340 Effective: 07/01/2026 (April 2, 2026).

Where is the official record for H822?

On the Idaho Legislature website: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0822

Idaho legislation · 2026 Regular Session

Idaho H822: PEDIATRIC SECRETIVE TRANSITIONS PARENTAL RIGHTS ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act.

Q: What is H822?

H822 is a bill in the Idaho Legislature (2026 Regular Session): PEDIATRIC SECRETIVE TRANSITIONS PARENTAL RIGHTS ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act.

Q: What does H822 do?

In its own words: An act relating to the pediatric secretive transitions parental rights act; amending chapter 10, title 32, idaho code, by the addition of a new section 32-1016, idaho code, to provide a short title, to provide legislative findings and intent, to define terms, to establish provisions regarding certain prohibited acts, to provide for civil actions, and to provide for attorney general enforcement; providing severability; and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.

Status: Signed into law, April 2, 2026

What the bill says

An act relating to the pediatric secretive transitions parental rights act; amending chapter 10, title 32, idaho code, by the addition of a new section 32-1016, idaho code, to provide a short title, to provide legislative findings and intent, to define terms, to establish provisions regarding certain prohibited acts, to provide for civil actions, and to provide for attorney general enforcement; providing severability; and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT RELATING TO THE PEDIATRIC SECRETIVE TRANSITIONS PARENTAL RIGHTS ACT; AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 32, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 32-1016, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PROHIBITED ACTS, TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL ACTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Chapter 10, Title 32, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and designated as Section 32-1016, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 32-1016. PEDIATRIC SECRETIVE TRANSITIONS PARENTAL RIGHTS ACT. (1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act." (2) The legislature finds that: (a) Parents have a fundamental right to raise their children and make medical and educational decisions on their behalf; (b) Medical and social sex transitions can inflict severe and irreversible harm to a child's well-being; and (c) It is undoubtedly a parental purview and prerogative to have knowledge of, and the authority to deny, a child's efforts at sex transition procedures or social transitions. (3) It is the …

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Idaho H822: PEDIATRIC SECRETIVE TRANSITIONS PARENTAL RIGHTS ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act.

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