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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2/11/2019 – Republican gerrymandering bill (HJR2) speeding through legislature
The Gerrymandering bill (HJR2) is moving like greased lightning through the Legislature, and it's critical that our citizens understand what is happening. In a nutshell, since Idahoans voted in 1994 to amend the Constitution to get rid of partisan gerrymandering,...
2/8/2019 – Article: “Tempers fray in Idaho House in battle over redistricting”
Article Link: "Tempers fray in Idaho House in battle over redistricting" Excerpt: There are days when the Idaho Legislature resembles a much-higher-stakes three-ring circus, and Friday was one of them, as a bitter dispute over a GOP attempt to engineer a Republican...
2/8/2019 – Video: Rep. Rubel discusses reforming mandatory minimum sentencing with “Idaho Reports”
Video: Ilana discusses reforming mandatory minimum sentencing with "Idaho Reports"
2/5/2019 – Article: “Bill introduced to relax mandatory minimums for drugs”
Article Link: "Bill introduced to relax mandatory minimums for drugs" Excerpt: A bill to relax mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking was introduced into the Idaho Legislature on Tuesday. The House Judiciary committee voted unanimously to introduce the bill,...
2/1/2019 – Article: “Bill introduced to keep HOAs from banning rooftop solar panels”
Article Link: "Bill introduced to keep HOAs from banning rooftop solar panels" Excerpt: An Idaho House committee agreed Thursday that homeowners’ property rights would be better protected if homeowners associations couldn’t ban rooftop solar panels. The House Business...
1/22/2019 – OP-ED by Rep. Rubel – “Idaho must reform its draconian drug sentencing minimums”
Article Link: "Idaho must reform its draconian drug sentencing minimums" Excerpt: The bill for Idaho’s failure to seriously address our prison problem is about to come due, and it’s a big one: $500 million. That’s the cost of a proposed state prison expansion. What’s...