---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE BROKERS – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding the availability of real estate brokers and to remove provisions regarding broker and branch manager absences."
description: "REAL ESTATE BROKERS – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding the availability of real estate brokers and to remove provisions regarding broker and branch manager absences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 476"
citation: "Idaho H 476 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d947793-ba15-4850-90b0-0e3305b6c56f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0476/"
source_hash: "08c1fc7b3eb6d0aad012032459905106f22dab407ea9f8f6d8b8d05a44718248"
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 476 (2020) — REAL ESTATE BROKERS – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding the availability of real estate brokers and to remove provisions regarding broker and branch manager absences.

## 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/H0476.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2020-02-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, 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, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Clow, YoungbloodFloor Sponsor - SymeTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Heider, Johnson, VickFloor Sponsor - BayerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-09** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-11** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2020 Session Law Chapter 106 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d947793-ba15-4850-90b0-0e3305b6c56f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).