Constitutional carry (2016, expanded 2020). No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified (2018). Suppressors/SBRs legal. No waiting period, no red-flag law.

Among the most prohibitionist states. No medical cannabis, no CBD program, no decriminalization. Constitutional amendment efforts to ban cannabis. Harsh possession penalties. No psychedelic reform.

State minimum wage $7.25/hr (state matches federal). MIT living wage for 1 adult: $15.43/hr. Ratio 0.47 — minimum-wage workers earn 47% of what's needed to live there alone.

Lowest per-pupil spending in the nation ($11,060) yet NAEP scores at or above national average — top-tier efficiency. Low tax burden, USNews #3 overall. Classic UT-style bang for buck.

IJ grades ID C- on forfeiture. No QI reform. No-knock allowed. No body cam mandate. No comprehensive privacy law. Mandates ICE cooperation. Whistleblower protections narrow.

No-excuse absentee voting available. Early voting available but limited. Same-day registration. HB 124 (2023) ended student ID for voting and tightened photo ID. Felons vote after completion of sentence including parole. Republican-controlled redistricting commission with significant partisan bias. Recent restrictions reduce score; mail access still relatively open.

Medicaid expansion adopted by ballot 2018, but legislature has imposed work requirements and threatened repeal. Total abortion ban (no health exception). Trans youth gender-affirming care ban (felony for providers). Severe rural hospital and OB ward closures (some hospitals stopped delivering babies). Maternal mortality data suppressed/abandoned.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate. Disciplinary records confidential under personnel exemptions. POST decertification exists but minimal transparency. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. Local prosecution. No statewide chokehold ban. Per-capita killings well above median.

Total abortion ban with criminal penalties for providers; abortion travel restrictions ('abortion trafficking' law for minors). Gender-affirming care ban (felony). No statewide LGBTQ+ protections. Broad RFRA. No conversion therapy ban. Among the most aggressive Christian-nationalist legislative trends. Library/book restrictions. Idaho Supreme Court hostile to reproductive rights.

Right-to-work state. No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. Federal OSHA only. Prevailing wage repealed. Weak wage theft enforcement. Above-median fatal injury rate. No heat-illness, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.