---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREDATORY WILDLIFE – Amends existing law to classify rattlesnakes as predatory wildlife."
description: "PREDATORY WILDLIFE – Amends existing law to classify rattlesnakes as predatory wildlife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 156"
citation: "Idaho H 156 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH and GAME", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8afd3152-5871-4624-9490-37533c99abd7"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0156/"
source_hash: "46e83b870c695a0ef08c2efeb8a24ee5f2f7f416f045642b82498cbce594625e"
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 156 (2023) — PREDATORY WILDLIFE – Amends existing law to classify rattlesnakes as predatory wildlife.

## 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/2023/legislation/H0156.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **55–14** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **19–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-14-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley(Crawford), Lambert, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Burns, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Lanting, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Roberts, RubelAbsent – MathiasFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-01** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 19-15-1AYES – Anthon, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Adams, Bernt, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Trakel, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – LakeyFloor Sponsor - CarlsonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on March 23, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2023 Session Law Chapter 138 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8afd3152-5871-4624-9490-37533c99abd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).