---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADVERTISING ILLEGAL DRUGS – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit the advertising of illegal drugs and to provide for the apportionment of certain fines."
description: "ADVERTISING ILLEGAL DRUGS – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit the advertising of illegal drugs and to provide for the apportionment of certain fines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 271"
citation: "Idaho H 271 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "FINES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc30b60-907f-47de-b151-3ddf1f396bc8"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0271/"
source_hash: "5d790d26c262f4962eeca6f27890ebdffddf7c900d76dd4326046d4169ade86e"
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 271 (2025) — ADVERTISING ILLEGAL DRUGS – Amends and adds to existing law to prohibit the advertising of illegal drugs and to provide for the apportionment of certain fines.

## 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/H0271A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0271.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0271E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **50–20** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — **45–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2025-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 45-24-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Beiswenger, Berch, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, Price, Rasor, Rubel, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – RedmanFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 24-10-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, WoodwardNAYS – Hart, Kohl, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – KeyserFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-27** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-27** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-27** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-27** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-27** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-28** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 50-20-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Beiswenger, Berch, Bruce, Cayler, Church, Egbert, Gannon, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Rubel, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-31** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 3:29 p.m. on April 1, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2025 Session Law Chapter 252 Effective: 04/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cc30b60-907f-47de-b151-3ddf1f396bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).