---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARTIES TO ACTIONS – Adds to existing law to provide civil immunity for architects, engineers, and contractors during disasters."
description: "PARTIES TO ACTIONS – Adds to existing law to provide civil immunity for architects, engineers, and contractors during disasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 529"
citation: "Idaho H 529 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTS", "EMERGENCIES", "ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS", "LIABILITY", "VOLUNTEERS"]
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/e8bc2390-da1c-49ea-a01e-c82350ca7b5c"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0529/"
source_hash: "9ded55b196b3c98321f4936ca780a5a5e4926310758b6e7142fd848b761a6008"
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 529 (2020) — PARTIES TO ACTIONS – Adds to existing law to provide civil immunity for architects, engineers, and contractors during disasters.

## 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/H0529.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–2** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 Commerce & Human Resources
- **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 - 56-0-14AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Collins, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Amador, Armstrong, Clow, Crane, Davis, Gestrin, Giddings, Kerby, Kingsley, Mason, Nichols, Scott, Stevenson, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - EllisTitle 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: Commerce & Human Resources `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 - 27-2-6AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Burgoyne, RiceAbsent and excused – Bair, Brackett, Grow, Hill, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle 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 19, 2020 Session Law Chapter 217 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/e8bc2390-da1c-49ea-a01e-c82350ca7b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).