---
type: "Bill"
title: "ATTORNEY’S FEES – Repeals and amends existing law to revise provisions regarding attorney’s fees in civil actions."
description: "ATTORNEY’S FEES – Repeals and amends existing law to revise provisions regarding attorney’s fees in civil actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 97"
citation: "Idaho H 97 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "FEES", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c7fa720-bda3-41ae-b20f-bef57903cc71"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0097/"
source_hash: "db1a4e888bb30d38608c8dba837e0015eed804430f183b8fbc609f1491355b2d"
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 97 (2017) — ATTORNEY’S FEES – Repeals and amends existing law to revise provisions regarding attorney’s fees in civil actions.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2017-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-10** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 13, 2017
- **2017-02-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-8-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moon, Nate, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Boyle, Gestrin, Holtzclaw, Mendive, Monks, Moyle, PalmerAbsent – Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - LukerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** 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** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – 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, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Smith(Rice), Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoniniFloor Sponsor - LodgeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-02-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-27** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-02-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-01** Delivered to Governor at 10:55 a.m. on February 28, 2017
- **2017-03-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 1, 2017 Session Law Chapter 47 Effective: 03/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c7fa720-bda3-41ae-b20f-bef57903cc71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).