---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERMODAL COMMERCE AUTHORITY – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding county-based or city-based intermodal commerce authority and to establish provisions regarding publication of proceedings and a contest period."
description: "INTERMODAL COMMERCE AUTHORITY – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding county-based or city-based intermodal commerce authority and to establish provisions regarding publication of proceedings and a contest period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 171"
citation: "Idaho H 171 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "DISTRICTS", "PORTS", "UTILITIES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a26ad3a5-a46f-4af1-8068-df59d981e222"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0171/"
source_hash: "2950b5332965bdbb84fc7f1e2640b03ad2529defa54cf5748a393fc9731227c8"
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 171 (2025) — INTERMODAL COMMERCE AUTHORITY – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding county-based or city-based intermodal commerce authority and to establish provisions regarding publication of proceedings and a contest period.

## 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/H0171A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0171.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0171E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended – — **35–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2025-02-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection
- **2025-02-20** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-02-20** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2025-02-20** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2025-02-20** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-02-21** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-02-21** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2025-02-24** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-26** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 35-33-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Berch, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mickelsen, Miller, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Weber, WheelerNAYS – Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Clow, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Cannon, GreenFloor Sponsor - HandyTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Read third time in full – PASSED - 20-15-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), WoodwardNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-24** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 4:04 p.m. on March 25, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 217 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/a26ad3a5-a46f-4af1-8068-df59d981e222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).