---
type: "Bill"
title: "RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to exempt UTVs that are equipped with a roll cage and seat belts from safety helmet requirements."
description: "RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to exempt UTVs that are equipped with a roll cage and seat belts from safety helmet requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 13"
citation: "Idaho H 13 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "RECREATION", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80feaf04-55b1-4e01-89dc-93d9052fcb94"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0013/"
source_hash: "134802329385ca5d1581003527891634f4bc91a01844668e7bd982994fc351b8"
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 13 (2025) — RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to exempt UTVs that are equipped with a roll cage and seat belts from safety helmet requirements.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0013A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0013.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0013E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2025-01-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-9-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Gannon, Garner, Green(Dotter), Mathias, Nelsen, RubelAbsent – Galaviz, MillerFloor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-01-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-02-20** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-02-20** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-02-20** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-20** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-02-20** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-02-21** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 29-4-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Carlson, Mathews(Rabe), Wintrow, WoodwardAbsent and excused – Ruchti, TaylorFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-06** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-06** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-06** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-07** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-07** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-10** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 66-3-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Cayler, Church, NelsenAbsent – GreenFloor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-12** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-14** Delivered to Governor at 11:20 a.m. on March 13, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Reported Signed by Governor on March 14, 2025 Session Law Chapter 73 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80feaf04-55b1-4e01-89dc-93d9052fcb94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).