Representative Ilana Rubel
Getting Good Things Done for Idaho District 18
Representative Ilana Rubel has served Boise’s District 18 in the Idaho Legislature since 2014, and has knocked on over 15,000 doors to learn what her constituents need. She has successfully sponsored and passed a broad array of important legislation supporting the people of Idaho, including better pay and benefits for teachers, funding for optional full-day kindergarten and insurance coverage for hearing aids for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has served as the House Democratic Leader since 2019, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School, has represented technology companies for more than 20 years, and is the proud mother of four children who have attended Boise public schools. She also co-founded the non-profit Idaho Business for the Outdoors and was a founding member of BSU’s Honors College’s Advisory Board.
Raised by a working single mom, Ilana Rubel graduated from law school thanks to terrific teachers, schools and helping hands along the way. She is adamant that everyone should have the same opportunities she did to work their way up the ladder in life. She and her husband John moved to Boise 21 years ago when he was recruited by Micron. They have four children aged 13 to 22, and Ilana enjoys volunteer-teaching “Civics and the Constitution” at various Boise schools. Her family loves to bike, hike, fish, ski, camp, and raft in the Idaho outdoors.
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Blog / Recent News
4/5/2019 – Article: “House sticks with Medicaid work requirements”
Article Link: "House sticks with Medicaid work requirements" Excerpt: “I am beyond disappointed to be in the situation we’re in today,” Rubel said. “I feel like, after an entire session of bouncing around, we’ve really landed in the worst possible world. There was a...
4/5/2019 – Article: “Idaho House alters bill to remove people from Medicaid”
Article Link: "Idaho House alters bill to remove people from Medicaid" Excerpt: “The only thing that’s in this bill is the part where we hire an enforcement squad to chase down the poorest people in the state and kick them off Medicaid,” said Democratic Rep. Ilana...
4/5/2019 – Article/Audio: “Medicaid, Citizen Initiatives, And Two-Headed Camels”
Article Link: “Medicaid, Citizen Initiatives, And Two-Headed Camels” About: It’s been a wild session and an even wilder week. Medicaid expansion sideboards and citizen initiative bills were the headliners. Lawmakers talked about everything from two-headed camels to...
3/29/2019 – Article: “Idaho House Signs Off On Two Initiative Restriction Bills”
Article Link: "Idaho House Signs Off On Two Initiative Restriction Bills" Excerpt: Ultimately, opponents say the issue will be struck down by a judge on the grounds that it’s unconstitutional. An opinion from the Idaho Attorney General’s office says constricting the...
3/25/2019 – Sex education opt-in bill (House Bill 120) blocked in the Senate
It looks like HB120, the bill that would require parents to affirmatively opt in to allow their kids to receive sex education, has been blocked on the Senate side. And it appears that the school funding formula is unlikely to be voted on this year - there was just too...
3/25/2019 – Rep. Rubel’s “Homeowner Solar Rights Bill” (House Bill 158) signed into law last Friday!
House Bill 158, my "Homeowner Solar Rights bill", was just signed into law on Friday! This will protect homeowners from unreasonable HOA prohibitions on solar installation - a protection that is already on the books in every other Western state. This should...