Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 74-201 (2026)

Formation of public policy at open meetings. 

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Formation of public policy at open meetings. 

The people of the state of Idaho in creating the instruments of government that serve them, do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies so created. Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and shall not be conducted in secret.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2022–2024 · leading case: Labrador v. Idaho State Bd. of Educ. (Idaho 2024).
Labrador v. Idaho State Bd. of Educ. (Idaho 2024). · cites it 12× “” I.C. § 74-201. However, there are a few enumerated exceptions to the requirement for open meetings.”
Labrador v. Idaho State Bd. of Educ. (Idaho 2024). · cites it 12× “” I.C. § 74-201. However, there are a few enumerated exceptions to the requirement for open meetings.”
Clarke v. White Pine Charter Sch., Inc. (D. Idaho 2022). · cites it 2× “This would be antithetical to and inconsistent with the intent of Idaho’s open meeting law, “that the formation of public policy is public business and shall not be conducted in secret,” I.C. § 74-201, and the spirit of that law, which is “designed to allow the public to be…”
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