---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the petition to propose a library district."
description: "PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the petition to propose a library district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 212"
citation: "Idaho H 212 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICTS", "LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS", "PETITIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5bb625-eecd-4dca-af3e-5686932fa010"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0212/"
source_hash: "158fd7bc5b6fa37c9849add2306294339a820e466318295caa7f7edbf7000493"
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 212 (2025) — PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the petition to propose a library district.

## 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/H0212.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **60–7** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2025-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2025
- **2025-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-7-3AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Egbert, Gannon, Green, Mathias, RubelAbsent – Cheatum, Clow, WheelerFloor Sponsor - PickettTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-6-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – Burtenshaw, CookFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 4:20 p.m. on April 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Reported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2025 Session Law Chapter 255 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/8e5bb625-eecd-4dca-af3e-5686932fa010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).