---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL – Amends existing law to revise provisions requiring legislative approval for any action to introduce or reintroduce any species into the state."
description: "CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL – Amends existing law to revise provisions requiring legislative approval for any action to introduce or reintroduce any species into the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 169"
citation: "Idaho H 169 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d778d7-2821-41f2-96a6-19970fbbd31d"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0169/"
source_hash: "e5cbed7576a13a8c0fd62becb26e29b6934933763ad7eba027ae838273d8d00b"
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 169 (2017) — CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL – Amends existing law to revise provisions requiring legislative approval for any action to introduce or reintroduce any species into the state.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **60–10** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **28–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2017-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 27, 2017
- **2017-02-27** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-10-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley(Lohman), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Erpelding, Gannon, Jordan, King, Kloc, McCrostie, Rubel, Toone, WintrowAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - MendiveTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-28** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-6-1AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, WinderNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Jordan, Nye, Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - SiddowayTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-22** Delivered to Governor at 9:50 a.m. on March 21, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2017 Session Law Chapter 135 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/f3d778d7-2821-41f2-96a6-19970fbbd31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).