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
3/17/2019 – Video: Press conference on Senate Bill 1159 – the “Revenge on Voters Act”
Video: Minority Leadership press conference on SB1159 - the Revenge on Voters Act
3/1/2019 – Climate hearing announced / “Homeowner Solar Rights Bill” (House Bill 158) vote is Monday!
Following up on the well-received public hearing I hosted in 2017, Rep. Rob Mason and I are holding the first ever official committee hearing on climate change at 1:30 on March 6 in the House Energy, Environment & Technology Committee. If you want to send a...
3/1/2019 – First Responders Legislation (Senate Bill 1028) heading to the Governor’s desk!
Rep. Mat Erpelding's bill to provide workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress (SB1028) has passed both the House and the Senate and is headed to the Governor's desk. Exciting news for our first responders!
3/1/2019 – Child marriage laws in Idaho (House Bill 98 / House Bill 170)
Two things happened yesterday that I feel undermine children's safety. Idaho leads the nation in child marriage - it is legal here for a 40 year old to marry a 14 year old. Rep. Melissa Wintrow brought HB98 yesterday to raise the marriage age to 16 to conform to...
3/1/2019 – Progress blocked on early childhood education bill
The House Education Committee refused to even print an early childhood education bill, killing our hopes for progress on this front this year. Meanwhile, HB120, a bill that would require parents to affirmatively opt in to allow their kids to receive sex education,...
3/1/2019 – Rep. Rubel’s bill for mandatory sentencing reform advances (House Bill 99)
HB99, my bill which would reform mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses by giving judges more discretion in sentencing, passed from committee and will be voted on by the full House on Monday. This one has strong bipartisan support - we'll see what happens on...