---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF SPECIES CONSERVATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2025."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF SPECIES CONSERVATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 649"
citation: "Idaho H 649 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-23"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1e3dfd-77df-4127-a565-cbea9555d956"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0649/"
source_hash: "4e3d83f12df562381d8ef5f573ccc7344875ae1c7674397ccd122724b29337ee"
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 649 (2024) — APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF SPECIES CONSERVATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2025.

## 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/H0649.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **44–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2024-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 44-22-4AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Andrus, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Handy, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Crane(13), Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Gallagher, Garner, Hawkins, Hill, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Monks, Price, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – Berch, Crane(12), Green, PalmerFloor Sponsor - MillerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-02-29** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews(Toews), Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-14** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Signed by Governor on March 18, 2024 Session Law Chapter 56 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/8b1e3dfd-77df-4127-a565-cbea9555d956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).