Governor of Idaho

Brad Little is the Republican incumbent Governor of Idaho, elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022, and has served since January 2019¹. A rancher from Emmett, he served in the Idaho Senate beginning in 2001, including as Majority Caucus Chair, before serving as Lieutenant Governor¹. He is seeking a third term in 2026².

Where they stand 15 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incesthigh

  Official action · high confidence

  • At the 2021 signing of the fetal heartbeat bill he said Idaho values the lives of babies and should never relent in efforts to protect the preborn. (2021-04-27) source
  • Signed House Bill 366, which bans abortion once a heartbeat is detected and makes exceptions for medical emergencies and for pregnancies from rape or incest. (2021-04-27) source
  • Signed Senate Bill 1385, which makes abortion a crime if Roe v. Wade is overturned, with defenses where the mother's life is at issue and in cases of rape and incest. (2020-03-24) source
  • Signed House Bill 374, which clarifies the definition of abortion in the criminal abortion law that keeps exceptions for the life of the mother, rape and incest. (2023-04-04) source
• School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familyhigh

  Official action · high confidence

  • After signing House Bill 93 he said Idaho offers education freedom from kindergarten through career and can have strong public schools and education freedom. (2025-02-27) source
  • Signed House Bill 93, creating a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per student for private school tuition and other education costs; all families may apply, with highest priority for families under 300 percent of the poverty level. (2025-02-27) source
  • Issued an executive order opting Idaho into the federal scholarship tax credit program. (2026-02-19) source
• Transgender athletesNo, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionshigh

  Official action · high confidence

  • He said biological males have physical differences that give them an unfair advantage over women and girls and that the state should protect women's sports. (2024) source
  • Signed House Bill 500, the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which his office says made him the first governor in the country to sign such a bill. (2020-03-30) source
  • Signed an executive order, the Defending Women's Sports Act, directing state education officials to act on women's sports. (2024) source
• ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadyhigh

  Official action · high confidence

  • After signing his 2025 executive order he said the state supports efforts to increase border security and to ensure immigration laws are followed, focused on illegal immigrants who pose the greatest danger. (2025-02) source
  • Signed Executive Order 2025-03, the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act, backing federal immigration enforcement. (2025-02) source
  • Signed House Bill 83, which establishes the Immigration Cooperation and Enforcement Act. (2025-03-27) source
  • Launched Operation No Return, in which state police take people in the country illegally who have finished criminal sentences out of county jails for transfer to federal immigration authorities. (2025) source
• Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object tomedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 710, which requires public schools and libraries to restrict minors' access to certain materials and lets parents sue over violations. (2024-04-10) source
  • Signed House Bill 239, which requires parental permission for instruction on human sexuality. (2025-03-31) source
• Gender care for minorsNo, ban these treatments for minorsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 71, the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, which prohibits puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery for minors for gender transition, with exemptions for medically necessary uses. (2023-04-04) source
• Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 124, which removed student ID cards from the list of identification accepted at the polls. (2023-03-15) source
  • Signed Executive Order 2024-07, which directs the Secretary of State to review voter rolls with state and federal agencies to identify and remove non-citizens. (2024-07) source
  • Signed House Bill 339, which establishes provisions regarding the accuracy of voter registration information. (2025-04-03) source
• Ranked-choice votingNo, ban ranked-choice voting in all electionsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 179, which prohibits the use of ranked choice voting in Idaho. (2023-03-24) source
• DEI programsBan DEI offices and required training at public institutionsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed Senate Bill 1198, which bars DEI offices, DEI training and DEI-based hiring and admission preferences at public colleges and universities. (2025-04-04) source
  • Signed Senate Bill 1274, which bars public colleges from requiring diversity statements for hiring or admission. (2024-03-20) source
• Kids onlineAlso require safe-by-default design and a legal duty of caremedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 542, the Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act, which requires parental consent for social media accounts for children 16 and under and bars addictive design features for them. (2026-04-02) source
• GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed Senate Bill 1374, which concerns carrying a concealed firearm on certain public property. (2024-03-27) source
  • Signed Senate Bill 1275, which protects employers that allow employees to lawfully carry firearms. (2024-03-25) source
  • Signed Senate Bill 1430, which adds a penalty for local governments that willfully violate state firearms law. (2026-04-02) source
• Mandatory minimumsAdd or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickingmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 406, which adds fentanyl trafficking to the offenses that carry mandatory minimum sentences. (2024-02-26) source
• Death penaltyKeep it for the worst murders under current rulesmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 186, which adds the firing squad as a method of execution. (2023-03-24) source
  • Signed House Bill 37, which revises the methods of execution and makes the firing squad the primary method. (2025-03-12) source
  • Signed House Bill 803, which exempts execution procedures from certain legal provisions. (2026-03-31) source
• Safety net programsKeep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 161, which adds work requirements for able-bodied adults in the food assistance program. (2023-03-30) source
  • Signed House Bill 913, which requires Medicaid work and community engagement requirements. (2026-04-10) source
• MarijuanaKeep it illegalmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Signed House Bill 7, which adds a mandatory minimum fine for a first conviction of possessing three ounces or less of marijuana. (2025-02-24) source

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