---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY TAX – Amends existing law to establish criteria for a property tax exemption for business property regarding a new or existing plant investment."
description: "PROPERTY TAX – Amends existing law to establish criteria for a property tax exemption for business property regarding a new or existing plant investment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 235"
citation: "Idaho H 235 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "INVESTMENTS", "REAL PROPERTY", "TAX AND TAXATION", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a803fcc5-f400-4685-9720-5e905f089899"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0235/"
source_hash: "c4214b220ef997567737e06f7ab08df1a8623a9e865553e920c5b7c18c8d566e"
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 235 (2017) — PROPERTY TAX – Amends existing law to establish criteria for a property tax exemption for business property regarding a new or existing plant investment.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Reported Printed and Referred to Revenue & Taxation
- **2017-03-06** Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
- **2017-03-06** File for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-08** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-3-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Shepherd, WintrowAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsors - Moyle & KerbyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-09** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2017-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - VickTitle 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
- **2017-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on April 6, 2017 Session Law Chapter 263 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/a803fcc5-f400-4685-9720-5e905f089899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).