---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTRAYS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain time requirements, penalties and damages, and charges for care and to establish provisions regarding willfully and wantonly allowing estrays."
description: "ESTRAYS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain time requirements, penalties and damages, and charges for care and to establish provisions regarding willfully and wantonly allowing estrays."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 712"
citation: "Idaho H 712 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LIVESTOCK", "POLICE", "IDAHO STATE", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b375b2ec-f172-4ad2-a07e-9f738dd27f07"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0712/"
source_hash: "96e53f56094688de1ed06f7556b03845dad284c98de0f3671b0fe9e6959d627d"
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 712 (2024) — ESTRAYS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain time requirements, penalties and damages, and charges for care and to establish provisions regarding willfully and wantonly allowing estrays.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0712A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0712.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0712E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **55–13** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **61–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2024-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 61-8-1AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Skaug, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Price, Scott, Tanner, WisniewskiAbsent – CheatumFloor Sponsor - AndrusTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-19** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-19** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Agricultural Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-21** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2024-03-22** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-03-22** Amendments ordered printed
- **2024-03-22** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-22** Amendments reported printed
- **2024-03-22** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2024-03-25** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Rabe, Ricks, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bjerke, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Okuniewicz, Toews, TrakelAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2024-03-26** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2024-03-26** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2024-03-26** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2024-03-26** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2024-03-26** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2024-03-27** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 55-13-2AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Price, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Wheeler, WisniewskiAbsent – Mathias, NelsenFloor Sponsor - AndrusTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2024-03-28** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 12:17 p.m. on March 29, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024 Session Law Chapter 263 Effective: 04/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b375b2ec-f172-4ad2-a07e-9f738dd27f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).