---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES – Appropriates $1,300,700 to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 8."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES – Appropriates $1,300,700 to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 238"
citation: "Idaho H 238 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ENERGY", "GOVERNOR", "MINERALS AND MINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0bc101-74da-4bbb-98d1-867ee90998a0"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0238/"
source_hash: "885940f9a302bf2f3163d23f7118a095271f7cba5e838a14b651a1eff722daa0"
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 238 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES – Appropriates $1,300,700 to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 8.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–19** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-19-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Dayley, Dixon, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Gestrin, Hanks, Harris, Hixon, Luker, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – ErpeldingFloor Sponsor - KingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, 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 – ForemanAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle 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 156 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/9a0bc101-74da-4bbb-98d1-867ee90998a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).