---
type: "Bill"
title: "CITY COUNCILS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filling of a vacancy on a council and to provide for the filling of a vacancy in certain instances."
description: "CITY COUNCILS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filling of a vacancy on a council and to provide for the filling of a vacancy in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 89"
citation: "Idaho H 89 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNCILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980a7ffa-1ea9-4f46-bb37-c40d3cb8d763"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0089/"
source_hash: "899339f4e6ee147669b8d13b87d77878b5361e6905aed80d58443acea7b864fd"
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 89 (2023) — CITY COUNCILS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filling of a vacancy on a council and to provide for the filling of a vacancy in certain instances.

## 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/H0089.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2023-02-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hoy), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Yorgason), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Mathias, Nash, Palmer, WeberFloor Sponsor - CheatumTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-3-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Foreman, Lenney, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsors - Guthrie & RuchtiTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Delivered to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2023 Session Law Chapter 93 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/980a7ffa-1ea9-4f46-bb37-c40d3cb8d763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).