Pushback of the Week: April 19, 2026: Idaho Freedom Caucus Leads the Charge against Digital ID
On April 1, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1299 into law. The bill—introduced by Sen. Tammy Nichols and pushed forward by her allies in the Idaho Freedom Caucus—prohibits government entities from requiring “any person to obtain, maintain, present, or use digital identification.”
As a summary at Reclaim the Net explains, the bill does several other things:
- It prohibits public entities “from denying, delaying, conditioning, or reducing ‘any service, benefit, license, employment, education, or access based on a person’s refusal or inability to use digital identification.’”
- It says that government entities also cannot require anyone “to surrender, unlock, or relinquish control of a personal electronic device for identity verification.”
- Finally, it bars government agencies from using digital ID for surveillance purposes, including prohibiting use of digital ID “as a universal or shared credential across agencies.”
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