---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE PROCUREMENT ACT – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding application of the Administrative Procedure Act and to establish provisions regarding a lowest responsible bidder."
description: "STATE PROCUREMENT ACT – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding application of the Administrative Procedure Act and to establish provisions regarding a lowest responsible bidder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 656"
citation: "Idaho H 656 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS", "CONTRACTORS", "CONTRACTS", "GOVERNMENT", "PURCHASING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527d9b9d-bd8f-4f4f-9aec-364f9f2aa260"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0656/"
source_hash: "6e2e3442c124f521f3bef12995a8a69d9a1c2bcfd09ef0ac0ff19614580318ff"
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 656 (2024) — STATE PROCUREMENT ACT – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding application of the Administrative Procedure Act and to establish provisions regarding a lowest responsible bidder.

## 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/H0656.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **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`
- **2024-03-04** U.C. to place at bottom of House bills of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Schmick), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Church), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer(Johnson), Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ManwaringTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – LeeFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 21, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2024 Session Law Chapter 207 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/527d9b9d-bd8f-4f4f-9aec-364f9f2aa260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).