---
type: "Bill"
title: "BROADBAND – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Broadband Fund and the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board."
description: "BROADBAND – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Broadband Fund and the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "H 127"
citation: "Idaho H 127 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY", "FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c3748e4-c3d7-4c87-a666-d767a59dded7"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/H0127/"
source_hash: "7c9a7474109b42ca75849e105be6282730cfa2498d8f48304b50546af0778e7b"
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 127 (2021) — BROADBAND – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Broadband Fund and the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/H0127.pdf)

## Votes

- passage — **25–10** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **40–27** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology
- **2021-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 40-27-3AYES – Adams, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Cannon, Chew, Clow, Davis, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCrostie, Mitchell, Nash, Necochea, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Yamamoto, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Addis, Armstrong, Barbieri, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Dixon, Erickson, Ferch, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Scott, Shepherd, von Ehlinger, Wisniewski, Wood, YoungAbsent – Amador, Crane, GibbsFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2021-03-02** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-12** Read third time in full – Retained on calendar
- **2021-03-15** PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Harris, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rabe, Rice, Ricks, Souza, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bair, Bayer, Guthrie, Heider, Johnson, Lent, Riggs, Thayn, Vick, ZitoAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - CrabtreeTitle apvd - to House
- **2021-03-16** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2021-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2021-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2021-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 12:40 p.m. on March 19, 2021
- **2021-03-19** Reported Signed by Governor on March 23, 2021 Session Law Chapter 137 Effective: 03/23/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c3748e4-c3d7-4c87-a666-d767a59dded7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).