---
type: "Bill"
title: "FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the unlawful killing, possession, or waste of wildlife."
description: "FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the unlawful killing, possession, or waste of wildlife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 528"
citation: "Idaho H 528 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES", "FISH AND GAME", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1ad57d-d835-42f2-8769-10e9f203ca67"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0528/"
source_hash: "0389f67e081b5332b68cc76a67cf5df6a9385049059f8f78936b756bd513d1fb"
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 528 (2020) — FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the unlawful killing, possession, or waste of wildlife.

## 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/H0528.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **45–16** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **27–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2020-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 45-16-9AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chew, Collins, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moyle, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Chaney, Christensen, Dixon, Ehardt, Giddings, Harris, Kingsley, Moon, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Armstrong, Clow, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Gestrin, Mason, Nichols, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - WoodTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-03** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-5-3AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bayer, Crabtree, Lent, MartinAbsent and excused – Grow, Johnson, StennettFloor Sponsor - BairTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17** 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 19, 2020 Session Law Chapter 216 Effective: 03/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f1ad57d-d835-42f2-8769-10e9f203ca67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).