---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that the Idaho Transportation Department may refuse to issue a dealer or salesman license to any applicant convicted of any felony committed in conjunction with a dealership and to provide that licensed motor vehicle dealers and salesmen convicted of certain offenses shall not be eligible to reapply for a license until certain conditions are met."
description: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that the Idaho Transportation Department may refuse to issue a dealer or salesman license to any applicant convicted of any felony committed in conjunction with a dealership and to provide that licensed motor vehicle dealers and salesmen convicted of certain offenses shall not be eligible to reapply for a license until certain conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 131"
citation: "Idaho H 131 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83729c27-cf85-4b44-a3b3-7ad1fba6e7b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0131/"
source_hash: "658fa15499a3513e2744bec3623dedde0408651ce30338f7e138a0a756342622"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 131 (2017) — MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that the Idaho Transportation Department may refuse to issue a dealer or salesman license to any applicant convicted of any felony committed in conjunction with a dealership and to provide that licensed motor vehicle dealers and salesmen convicted of certain offenses shall not be eligible to reapply for a license until certain conditions are met.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – — **52–15** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **28–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2017-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-24** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2017-02-28** U.C. to be placed on General Orders
- **2017-03-02** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2017-03-02** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2017-03-02** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2017-03-02** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2017-03-03** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2017-03-03** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-06** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-06** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – PASSED - 52-15-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chew, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Monks, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chaney, Cheatham, Crane, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Nate, Scott, Stevenson, Thompson, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Clow, Gannon, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - HixonTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2017-03-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-15** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-4-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Crabtree, Foreman, Nonini, VickAbsent and excused – Davis, Hill, LakeyFloor Sponsor - HagedornTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-23** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-24** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Delivered to Governor at 9:20 a.m. on March 24, 2017
- **2017-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 234 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83729c27-cf85-4b44-a3b3-7ad1fba6e7b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).