---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that certain notice shall be mailed to a lienholder relating to the towing and storage of a motor vehicle."
description: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that certain notice shall be mailed to a lienholder relating to the towing and storage of a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 497"
citation: "Idaho H 497 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCIDENTS", "EMERGENCIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTICES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27f5018-eae7-47c9-817e-80391ca913ba"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0497/"
source_hash: "cf32bb493941d15d9248a66db7b73b656e073b2dfc4a1a6625255381f7bbbf63"
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 497 (2018) — MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide that certain notice shall be mailed to a lienholder relating to the towing and storage of a motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0497.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2018-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 19, 2018
- **2018-02-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Patano), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate(King), Packer, Palmer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Blanksma, PerryHouse seat 5A is vacantFloor Sponsor - MonksTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2018 Session Law Chapter 212 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a27f5018-eae7-47c9-817e-80391ca913ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).