Idaho Senator Jim Guthrie (R-McCammon) has introduced SB 1366, a bill to restore presidential primaries. This bill would set the primaries on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Candidates would get on the ballot by paying a fee of $1,000. The bill would also move the non-presidential primary from late May to the early May date set out for the presidential primaries. That would automatically move the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates to early May.

The bill other bill pending in Idaho for presidential primaries sets the primary in March and requires a $50,000 filing fee for presidential candidates.