Since 2007, Idaho State Code 73-121 has designated English as the official language of the state and the sole language of the government.[1] HJR 6 would not make any changes to this state code, but would codify English as the official state language in the Idaho Constitution. It would also make it a constitutional requirement that all public proceedings, documents, instructions, and acts be in English, "except as required by federal law." [2] One example of a federal law that requires public proceedings be in a language other than English is Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act; this law requires polling information and election ballots to be printed in minority languages.