Take Action Idaho
Protect Your Right to Choose Your Blood Donor
House Bill 528 protects your right to:
✔ Choose your own blood donor (Directed Donation)
✔ Use your own blood (Autologous Donation)
This is about medical choice and patient rights.
If passed, H 528 ensures Idaho patients can receive blood from a donor they trust or from themselves, when medically appropriate.
Hearing Monday 2-23-26
Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee
5 PM Eastern
4 PM Central
3 PM Mountain
Watch live:
https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/Legislature/
The Goal (Under 5 Minutes)
Please, urgently:
1. Call the legislative line and leave a message for your Senator and the Health & Welfare Committee
OR
2 Email your senator and the Health & Welfare Committee
Leave a message:
Please vote YES on House Bill 528.
That’s it.
Step 1 — Find Your Senator (30 seconds)
Use this link:
https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/whosmylegislator/
Enter your address.
Step 2 — Call (2 minutes)
Idaho Legislature’s Information Center: Local: 208-332-1000
Tell them:
Please record my message for all members of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, and my state senator:__(Senator’s NAME)__
Call Script (30 seconds)
Hello,
My name is ______ and I live in ______ Idaho.
Please urge Senator ______ to vote YES on House Bill 528.
This bill protects my right to choose my own blood donor or use my own blood.
This patient right matters to Idaho families.
Thank you for your service to our community!
Alternatively, you can call your senator’s office directly, and also Health & Welfare Committee Office directly at 208-332-1319.
Optional: Send an Email (2 minutes)
Email:
shel@senate.idaho.gov
Copy and Paste Email
Subject: Please Vote YES on H 528
Dear Senators Chair John Vander Woude
Vice Chair Marco Adam Erickson
Dori Healey
Jordan Redman
Josh Wheeler
Robert Beiswenger
Tanya Burgoyne
Lucas B. Cayler
Ben G. Fuhriman
David J. Leavitt
Lori Ann McCann
Faye Thompson
Don Hall
Steve C. Tanner
I respectfully urge you to vote YES on House Bill 528.
H 528 protects the right of Idaho patients to choose their own blood donor or use their own blood when medically appropriate.
This is an important patient rights issue and it matters deeply to Idaho families. Without it, many people would be denied access to essential medical care. Patient autonomy is a medical necessity.
Please support H 528.
Respectfully,
(YOUR Name)
City, Idaho
Now, a Special Thanks
Representative Bruce has led the charge on H 528.
As a leukemia survivor who required repeated blood transfusions, he understands personally why blood choice matters.
This bill exists because of his leadership.
I also appreciate the advocates who have worked tirelessly on this issue, including:
Safe Blood — Clinton Ohlers
https://safeblood.com
Blessed By His Blood — Liz James
https://blessedbyhisblood.com
The Reconciliation— Sierra Hamm
https://thereconciliation.org
Watch the Hearing Live
https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/Legislature/
What Happens Next
If H 528 passes committee:
It must still pass:
• Senate Calendar Committee
• Senate Floor Vote
• Governor Signature
More action may be needed.
Please Take Action Today
Total time: Under 5 minutes
✔ Find your senator
✔ Call your senator and Senate Health & Welfare Committee
If you do not own the right to your own blood, what are you? What do you have, anyway?