---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANNEXATION – Amends existing law to provide requirements regarding annexation of certain forest land."
description: "ANNEXATION – Amends existing law to provide requirements regarding annexation of certain forest land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 451"
citation: "Idaho H 451 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CITIES", "FORESTS AND FORESTRY", "LANDS", "PLANNING AND ZONING", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2d153c2-1280-4634-97c2-d7951ffabc6d"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0451/"
source_hash: "eff58c4f58f0071fddc4823ae47196cf58d32e9bcfd0cd6bd1c08d579c6c0184"
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 451 (2020) — ANNEXATION – Amends existing law to provide requirements regarding annexation of certain forest land.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0451.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–2** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2020-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-1-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – BerchAbsent – Armstrong, McCrostieFloor Sponsor - WisniewskiTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-2-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Burgoyne, StennettAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - VickTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 240 Effective: 03/24/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2d153c2-1280-4634-97c2-d7951ffabc6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).