---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law."
description: "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 294"
citation: "Idaho H 294 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "FUELS", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "SAFETY", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaab946f-7b32-4032-918d-e798e8e9c1db"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0294/"
source_hash: "5a0837912001546aa4c2009e8444a235e79c2e5065d31c61d4348f6a8a75b98c"
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 294 (2025) — PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law.

## 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/H0294.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **44–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2025-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 44-26-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, WheelerNAYS – Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(13), Erickson, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Price, Rasor, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Crane(12)Title apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Nichols, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 10:57 a.m. on March 20, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2025 Session Law Chapter 144 Effective: 03/21/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaab946f-7b32-4032-918d-e798e8e9c1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).