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HCR 18

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Creates a task force to study funding mechanisms for the office of the state public defender

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Mike Bayham

Idaho HCR 18 designates Mothers Day through Fathers Day as Traditional Family Values Month, urging public celebration of traditional families; symbolic, no new laws or funds.

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Bill Summary · HCR 18

Summary — HCR 18 (Idaho) — “Traditional Family Values Month” (concurrent resolution)

Note on sources: the materials provided include conflicting metadata (an initial title about indigent defense and an unrelated Hawaii water–lab text). The principal bill text and legislative actions included here describe Idaho House Concurrent Resolution No. 18 (2025), which designates a period from Mother’s Day through Father’s Day as “Traditional Family Values Month.” This summary reflects the Idaho HCR 18 text and associated fiscal note and actions.

Main purpose

To state legislative findings about the importance of “traditional families” and formally designate the period from Mother’s Day through Father’s Day each year as “Traditional Family Values Month” in Idaho, encouraging public recognition and celebration of traditional family roles and values.

Key provisions and findings

  • Declares legislative findings asserting that traditional families (described in the text as natural mother and father, children, grandparents, extended family) are foundational to society and beneficial to children’s development, health, and stability.
  • Notes historical and statistical claims about declines in two-parent households, marriage rates, and increases in single-parent households (as cited in the resolution).
  • Designates the period from Mother’s Day through Father’s Day as “Traditional Family Values Month.”
  • Breaks the period into weekly recognitions:
    • Week 1 (including Mother’s Day): celebration of motherhood
    • Week 2: celebration of sons, brothers, and uncles
    • Week 3: celebration of grandparents
    • Week 4: celebration of daughters, sisters, and aunts
    • Final period (including Father’s Day): celebration of fatherhood and marriage between a man and a woman
  • Recognizes asserted evidence-based benefits of children raised in homes with traditional family structures and with involved biological fathers.
  • Encourages communities, schools, churches, businesses, corporations, and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to take part in celebrating the month.

Fiscal impact

  • The attached fiscal note states the resolution requires no state expenditures and would have no fiscal impact on the General Fund or other state funds.

Who is affected

  • The resolution is largely symbolic. It may influence public messaging and community activities in Idaho (schools, churches, local governments, nonprofits, and agencies such as the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare).
  • It does not create new legal rights, regulatory obligations, or funding streams for individuals or agencies.

Procedural status and timeline (from provided actions)

  • Introduced in the Idaho Legislature (committee and floor actions shown in Feb–Apr 2025).
  • Reported adopted by the Legislature (roll-call vote indicated on 2025-03-25/03-31) and enrolled/signed by legislative leaders.
  • Delivered to the Secretary of State on April 2, 2025 (per provided entry).

Practical effect

  • As a concurrent resolution, HCR 18 expresses the Legislature’s position and encourages observance but does not change statutory law, appropriate funds, or create enforceable obligations.

Document inconsistencies (important)

  • The initial bill header provided to the analyst referred to an unrelated subject (indigent defense task force). The bill text is an Idaho concurrent resolution about “Traditional Family Values Month.” Additional pasted text about establishing an EPA‑certified water-testing laboratory (Hawaii) appears unrelated. The fiscal note attached matches the Idaho family-values resolution. Users should verify the correct bill number/title in official legislative records if needed.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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