Brad Little

Rule Changes

In office; directing the eight-year rule review cycle and permitting streamlining

Idaho let its entire regulatory code expire on June 30, 2019, forcing agencies to justify every rule they wanted to keep. The state eliminated 2,176 pages in that first reset and another 2,065 during a five-year review that ended July 1, 2026, for 4,241 pages total, according to the Manhattan Institute. By then, Idaho had cut 49.1% of its administrative code from its 2018 peak.

Updated Oct 20