---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding media source confidentiality."
description: "PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding media source confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 158"
citation: "Idaho H 158 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEWSPAPERS", "PRIVACY", "TELEVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d94b55-9e64-4127-898f-fe86fb33a0aa"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0158/"
source_hash: "51f0760f8f73eaffca855f879a669440e179b9890c5473f8104ed635c95fecc2"
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 158 (2025) — PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding media source confidentiality.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0158.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2025-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-25** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, 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, Nelsen, 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 – NoneAbsent – GreenFloor Sponsors - Ehardt & EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-26** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 21, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2025 Session Law Chapter 184 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/18d94b55-9e64-4127-898f-fe86fb33a0aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).