diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/AbstractIdea.java b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/AbstractIdea.java
index 2e3a97b..1f38eaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/AbstractIdea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/AbstractIdea.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractIdea extends ValidatingBaseEntity {
 
     public AbstractIdea() {
         super();
-        this.modelValidator = new IdeaValidator();
     }
 
     public AbstractIdea(String title, String description) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposal.java b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposal.java
index 6fd9169..cb1bece 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposal.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.hibernate.annotations.FetchMode.SELECT;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerators;
 
+import edu.tamu.app.model.validation.FeatureProposalValidator;
+
 @Entity
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(value = { "voters" }, allowGetters = true)
 public class FeatureProposal extends AbstractIdea {
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ public class FeatureProposal extends AbstractIdea {
 
     public FeatureProposal() {
         super();
+        this.modelValidator = new FeatureProposalValidator();
         setup();
     }
 
@@ -79,15 +83,20 @@ public void setIdeas(List<Idea> ideas) {
         this.ideas.forEach(idea -> {
             removeVoter(idea.getAuthor());
         });
-        this.ideas = ideas;
+        HashSet<Idea> ideaSet = new HashSet<Idea>();
+        ideaSet.addAll(ideas);
+        this.ideas.clear();
+        this.ideas.addAll(ideaSet);
         this.ideas.forEach(idea -> {
             addVoter(idea.getAuthor());
         });
     }
 
     public void addIdea(Idea idea) {
-        this.ideas.add(idea);
-        addVoter(idea.getAuthor());
+        if (!this.ideas.contains(idea)) {
+            this.ideas.add(idea);
+            addVoter(idea.getAuthor());
+        }
     }
 
     public void removeIdea(Idea idea) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/Idea.java b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/Idea.java
index 066c896..fa8e98c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/Idea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/Idea.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 
 import edu.tamu.app.model.request.ServiceRequest;
+import edu.tamu.app.model.validation.IdeaValidator;
 
 @Entity
 public class Idea extends AbstractIdea {
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ public class Idea extends AbstractIdea {
 
     public Idea() {
         super();
+        this.modelValidator = new IdeaValidator();
         this.elevated = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/FeatureProposalValidator.java b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/FeatureProposalValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c612f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/FeatureProposalValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package edu.tamu.app.model.validation;
+
+import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.model.InputValidationType;
+import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.validators.BaseModelValidator;
+import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.validators.InputValidator;
+
+public class FeatureProposalValidator extends BaseModelValidator {
+
+    public FeatureProposalValidator() {
+        String titleProperty = "title";
+        this.addInputValidator(new InputValidator(InputValidationType.required, "Feature Proposals require a title", titleProperty, true));
+        
+        String serviceProperty = "service";
+        this.addInputValidator(new InputValidator(InputValidationType.required, "Feature Proposals require a Service", serviceProperty, true));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/IdeaValidator.java b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/IdeaValidator.java
index d0e786a..2e741ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/IdeaValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/tamu/app/model/validation/IdeaValidator.java
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package edu.tamu.app.model.validation;
 
+import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.model.InputValidationType;
 import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.validators.BaseModelValidator;
+import edu.tamu.weaver.validation.validators.InputValidator;
 
 public class IdeaValidator extends BaseModelValidator {
 
     public IdeaValidator() {
-
+        String titleProperty = "title";
+        this.addInputValidator(new InputValidator(InputValidationType.required, "Ideas require a title", titleProperty, true));
+        
+        String serviceProperty = "service";
+        this.addInputValidator(new InputValidator(InputValidationType.required, "Ideas require a Service", serviceProperty, true));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposalTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposalTest.java
index b86b3df..d9315b3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/tamu/app/model/FeatureProposalTest.java
@@ -146,14 +146,16 @@ public void testElevateIdea() throws UserNotFoundException {
         assertEquals("The number of FeatureProposals did not increase by one", initialCount + 1, featureProposalRepo.count());
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException.class)
+    @Test
     public void testDuplicateIdea() throws UserNotFoundException {
         long initialCount = featureProposalRepo.count();
         Idea testIdea = ideaRepo.create(new Idea(TEST_ALTERNATIVE_FEATURE_PROPOSAL_TITLE, TEST_ALTERNATIVE_FEATURE_PROPOSAL_DESCRIPTION, testUser, service1), TEST_CREDENTIALS);
         FeatureProposal featureProposal = featureProposalRepo.create(testIdea);
         assertEquals("The number of FeatureProposals did not increase by one", initialCount + 1, featureProposalRepo.count());
+        long ideaCount = featureProposal.getIdeas().size();
         featureProposal.addIdea(testIdea);
         featureProposalRepo.save(featureProposal);
+        assertEquals("The number of Ideas on the FeatureProposal did not increase", ideaCount, featureProposal.getIdeas().size());
     }
 
     @Test(expected = DataIntegrityViolationException.class)