A new bill is making its way to the Idaho House for a vote that would mandate that all state agencies in Idaho submit laws that are out-of-date, superfluous, or obsolete for the Idaho Legislature to consider repealing.
The Idaho Code Cleanup Act, House Bill 14, is being sponsored by House Speaker Mike Moyle, a Republican. According to Moyle, the bill aims to create an Idaho-specific version of the federal Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE for short, which Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have supported.
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According to Moyle, state agencies in Idaho have already examined and suggested repealing needless administrative rules. By requesting that agencies examine all pertinent laws, statutes, and codes that they enforce and suggest laws that the Idaho Legislature should repeal, the new measure advances that effort.
The bill gives agencies until September 1st to suggest legislation that should be repealed.
Moyle stated on Tuesday that they must examine it for items that are superfluous, out-of-date, and outmoded. The objective is to tidy up the code books behind you, make the statutes easier to read, and fix some of the issues that exist.
On Tuesday, the House State Affairs Committee recommended that House Bill 14 be passed and forwarded it to the Idaho House of Representatives floor with minimal discussion.
The bill would then be forwarded to the Idaho Senate for review if the House passed it.
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