---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE – Amends existing law to require that a real estate broker’s business name appears clearly and conspicuously on real estate advertisements."
description: "REAL ESTATE – Amends existing law to require that a real estate broker’s business name appears clearly and conspicuously on real estate advertisements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 98"
citation: "Idaho H 98 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "PROFESSIONS", "REAL ESTATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbbcf492-c06b-45e6-969c-9c7ea3054fa6"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0098/"
source_hash: "f1a880d30d7b4bff9dbb3f84c515abd63fe61872cd55ad79491bbe0cde7d5290"
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 98 (2017) — REAL ESTATE – Amends existing law to require that a real estate broker’s business name appears clearly and conspicuously on real estate advertisements.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **22–12** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–17** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS 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 Business
- **2017-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2017-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-17-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chew(Gill), Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Erpelding(Gugino), Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Monks, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chaney, Cheatham, Dixon, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Kerby, Kingsley(Lohman), Luker, Mendive, Moon, Nate, Scott, Stevenson, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `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
- **2017-03-15** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-12-1AYES – Agenbroad, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Davis, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Stennett, Thayn, WinderNAYS – Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hagedorn, Johnson, Nonini, Siddoway, Souza, VickAbsent and excused – Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** 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 125 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/fbbcf492-c06b-45e6-969c-9c7ea3054fa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).