---
type: "Bill"
title: "BUILDING CODE – Adds to existing law to prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan and to provide for preemption of local laws and ordinances."
description: "BUILDING CODE – Adds to existing law to prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan and to provide for preemption of local laws and ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 86"
citation: "Idaho H 86 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING AUTHORITY", "BUILDINGS", "CITIES", "CODES", "COUNTIES", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357bc359-0d1a-4568-a244-a9fb37fe1630"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0086/"
source_hash: "d752ba3df2b2860fd8a940a729555d9d5c2eaaac456764913286d1e85d4c5fea"
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 86 (2025) — BUILDING CODE – Adds to existing law to prohibit laws that require electric vehicle charging stations or parking spaces in any building plan and to provide for preemption of local laws and ordinances.

## 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/H0086.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2025-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-9-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, 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, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Mathews(Rabe), Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Delivered to Governor at 8:10 a.m. on March 11, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2025 Session Law Chapter 33 Effective: 03/11/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/357bc359-0d1a-4568-a244-a9fb37fe1630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).