---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY – Amends existing law to provide that a local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that forces participation in an optional federal housing assistance program or regulates rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property."
description: "PROPERTY – Amends existing law to provide that a local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that forces participation in an optional federal housing assistance program or regulates rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 545"
citation: "Idaho H 545 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "LANDLORDS AND TENANTS", "LEASES", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0625f22a-8add-4755-8a2b-d83723ec99d0"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0545/"
source_hash: "e581a0b4c919fc2e957a3c9ee3816e415c5df1814a47855f7309a3faaa050ac3"
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 545 (2024) — PROPERTY – Amends existing law to provide that a local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that forces participation in an optional federal housing assistance program or regulates rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0545.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2024-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-11-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Hansen), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - MitchellTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2024-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-9-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Hartgen, Just, Lee, Rabe, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-27** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Delivered to Governor at 3:27 p.m. on March 27, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024 Session Law Chapter 257 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0625f22a-8add-4755-8a2b-d83723ec99d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).