---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINES – Amends existing law to revise references to mining operations and to provide for financial assurance."
description: "MINES – Amends existing law to revise references to mining operations and to provide for financial assurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 141"
citation: "Idaho H 141 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8fc053-c9c3-4237-942e-67b2ba651fea"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0141/"
source_hash: "eeded8a54b21be2719be43467bad63a3de18e4e0f0c312429943e589786ad6f3"
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 141 (2019) — MINES – Amends existing law to revise references to mining operations and to provide for financial assurance.

## 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/2019/legislation/H0141.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–11** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **29–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2019-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-11-0AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy(Maurin), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Abernathy(Nye), Anderson, Chew, Davis, Ellis, Erpelding, Gannon, Green(18), McCrostie(Nash), Smith, WintrowAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - AddisTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-03-01** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-3-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Burgoyne, Jordan, Mathias(Buckner-Webb)Absent and excused – Burtenshaw, Grow, LeeFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 25, 2019
- **2019-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2019 Session Law Chapter 226 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b8fc053-c9c3-4237-942e-67b2ba651fea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).