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Idaho ballot · Nov. 3, 2026Checked Oct. 27, 2026

4 statewide measures on the ballot.

Four statewide questions are on Idaho's Nov. 3, 2026 ballot: two constitutional amendments the Legislature referred to voters in 2025 (House Joint Resolution 4, on who may legalize marijuana and other psychoactive substances, and House Joint Resolution 6, on English as the official state language), one citizen initiative (Proposition One, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, which the Secretary of State certified for the ballot on July 13, 2026, as recited by the Idaho Supreme Court), and one non-binding advisory question the Legislature placed on the ballot by law in 2026 (House Bill 932, asking which of six firearms should be the state gun). These are the four the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election page and 2026 Voter Pamphlet print; no referendum on a law is on the ballot. Other 2026 initiatives listed by the Secretary of State did not qualify or were withdrawn (listed under not_on_ballot). Ballot questions, ballot titles, statements of meaning or purpose, 'What Your Vote Will Do' lines and the fiscal impact summary are official text, quoted verbatim. The pamphlet also prints arguments for and against each measure; those are not reproduced. Idaho's Sunshine campaign-finance portal does not show, in its public records, which measure a committee supports or opposes, so committees are listed only where the Secretary of State's own pamphlet names the group as an author of a for or against argument and a committee with that name is registered in Sunshine; see each measure's committees_note.

House Joint Resolution 4 (2025) · Legislative constitutional amendment

Amendment to Idaho Constitution - House Joint Resolution 4

Would add a clause to the Idaho Constitution giving the Legislature alone the power to legalize growing, selling, possessing or using marijuana, narcotics or other psychoactive substances. Voters could then no longer legalize those substances on their own through a citizen initiative.

Passes with: Majority of the electors: Article XX, section 1 of the Idaho Constitution says a referred amendment becomes part of the constitution 'if a majority of the electors shall ratify the same'. Whether that is counted as a majority of those voting on the question or of all voters at the election is not stated in the saved records and is not yet checked.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

A Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to Section 26, Article III of the Constitution of the State of Idaho relating to psychoactive substances: “Shall Section 26, Article III of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to provide that only the Idaho Legislature shall have power and authority to legalize the growing, producing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, delivering, dispensing, administering, prescribing, distributing, possessing, or using of marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances?”

Committees for and against

Listed because the committee's own spending records in Sunshine tag the measure for or against. Some are general political committees, so the amount raised covers all of their activity, not only this measure.

Sources: Idaho Secretary of State, VoteIdaho.gov, 2026 Idaho General Election page (ballot questions, What Your Vote Will Do, statements, fiscal impact); Full text.

House Joint Resolution 6 (2025) · Legislative constitutional amendment

Amendment to Idaho Constitution - House Joint Resolution 6

Would write into the Idaho Constitution that English is the state's official language, which today is set only by state law. Public proceedings, documents and instruction by public bodies in Idaho would have to be in English, except where federal law requires another language.

Passes with: Majority of the electors: Article XX, section 1 of the Idaho Constitution says a referred amendment becomes part of the constitution 'if a majority of the electors shall ratify the same'. Whether that is counted as a majority of those voting on the question or of all voters at the election is not stated in the saved records and is not yet checked.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

A Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution of the State of Idaho, by the addition of a new Section 8, Article X, relating to English as the official language of the state of Idaho: “Shall Article X of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by the addition of a new Section 8, to provide that the English language shall be the official language for the state of Idaho, and to further provide that, except as required by federal law, English shall be used in all public proceedings, public documents, public instruction, and any other public acts of any public institution in the state of Idaho?”

No primarily formed committees found in state records.

Sources: Idaho Secretary of State, VoteIdaho.gov, 2026 Idaho General Election page (ballot questions, What Your Vote Will Do, statements, fiscal impact); Full text.

Proposition One · Citizen-initiated statute

Proposition One: Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act

Would add a new chapter to Idaho's health laws creating a legal right to make reproductive decisions, including abortion until fetal viability and afterward in a medical emergency, as well as contraception, fertility treatment and pregnancy care. It would limit how the state may restrict those decisions and bar penalties against patients, health care providers and people who help them, taking effect Jan. 1, 2027 if approved.

Passes with: Simple majority of the votes cast on the measure: Idaho Code 34-1813 has the governor proclaim in effect 'such measures as are approved by a majority of those voted thereon'.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Measure creating right to abortion before fetus viability, and post-viability to protect health; right to privacy; healthcare provider liability protections.

Official fiscal summary

The State estimates the initiative would increase state expenditures between $3,100 and $7,800 annually, less than 0.001% of the state share of Idaho’s Medicaid budget. This impact is derived from the costs of treating chemical abortion complications for women enrolled in Idaho’s Medicaid program. Medicaid covers medically necessary services to treat complications from all abortions. It is anticipated that as legal abortions increase, the complications will also increase. This will likely result in an increase in Medicaid covered services and expenditures to treat complications from chemical abortions, which the State has reliable and readily available data to support.

An earlier fiscal impact statement, dated Dec. 17, 2024 and still linked from the Secretary of State's Initiatives and Amendments page, estimated costs under $20,000 a year. The statement above is the one printed in the 2026 Voter Pamphlet.

Committees for and against

Listed because the committee's own spending records in Sunshine tag the measure for or against. Some are general political committees, so the amount raised covers all of their activity, not only this measure.

Court challenges

  • Idahoans United for Women & Families v. Labrador, 175 Idaho 708, 570 P.3d 1137 (2025) (docket number not yet checked), Idaho Supreme Court: Decided in 2025, before signatures were gathered: the court held that the Attorney General's short ballot title and the Division of Financial Management's fiscal impact statement did not substantially comply with the governing statutes, while the long ballot title did; it ordered both revised and later approved the revised versions. Described from the court's own account in its Sept. 6, 2026 opinion in docket 54406-2026; the 2025 opinion itself is not yet saved. Idaho Supreme Court, Idahoans United for Women and Families v. McGrane, Docket No. 54406-2026, substitute opinion filed Sept. 6, 2026
  • Idahoans United for Women and Families v. McGrane and Labrador, Docket No. 54406-2026, Idaho Supreme Court (original proceeding): Filed Aug. 27, 2026 over the 'yes' and 'no' effect statements prepared by the Secretary of State and Attorney General. On Sept. 4, 2026 the court held the statements did not comply with Idaho Code 34-1810(1)(b), barred their use and ordered revised statements; in its substitute opinion of Sept. 6, 2026 it approved the revised statements (Justice Zahn dissenting as to the revised 'no' statement), which are the ones quoted here. Decided. Idaho Supreme Court, Idahoans United for Women and Families v. McGrane, Docket No. 54406-2026, substitute opinion filed Sept. 6, 2026

Sources: Idaho Secretary of State, VoteIdaho.gov, 2026 Idaho General Election page (ballot questions, What Your Vote Will Do, statements, fiscal impact); Full text.

Advisory Question - House Bill 932 (2026) · Legislative advisory question (non-binding)

Advisory Question - House Bill 932

Asks voters to pick one of six historic or popular firearms to become Idaho's official state gun. The result does not change any law; the Legislature would still have to pass a bill to name a state gun.

Passes with: Not applicable: a non-binding advisory question with six choices (voters choose one). House Bill 932 says the results will guide the Legislature; it sets no threshold.

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho? Please choose only one answer.

No primarily formed committees found in state records.

Sources: Idaho Secretary of State, VoteIdaho.gov, 2026 Idaho General Election page (ballot questions, What Your Vote Will Do, statements, fiscal impact); Full text.

What is not here yet

  • Fiscal statements: the fiscal impact PDF linked from the Secretary of State's Initiatives & Amendments page is dated Dec. 17, 2024 and estimates costs under $20,000 a year, while the pamphlet and General Election page print a different statement ($3,100 to $7,800 a year); the Idaho Supreme Court ordered the fiscal statement revised in 2025, so the pamphlet's version is used here. The linked PDF appears to be the earlier version; this has not been confirmed with the Secretary of State.
  • Court challenges: the Sept. 6, 2026 Idaho Supreme Court substitute opinion (docket 54406-2026) is saved; the 2025 opinion in Idahoans United I is described only from the 2026 opinion's own account, and its docket number is not yet checked. The court's case page loads its document list by script and was saved without it. No challenge to HJR 4, HJR 6 or the advisory question was found in a web search on Oct. 27, 2026; court dockets were not searched.
  • Majority needed for the two amendments: Article XX, section 1 says 'a majority of the electors'; how Idaho counts that (those voting on the question or all who vote) is not yet checked.
  • HJR 4: the Legislature's bill history as saved ends with Senate adoption on March 11, 2025 and does not show enrollment or delivery to the Secretary of State; the Secretary of State lists it on the 2026 ballot.
  • Proposition One's certification date (July 13, 2026) is from the Idaho Supreme Court's recital; the Secretary of State's certification record itself is not yet checked.
  • Committee positions: committees whose expenditure records tag no measure would be missed; Sunshine's registration form does not name measures.

Gaps in the ballot records as of the date checked.