---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the procedures for the conducting of contested cases."
description: "IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the procedures for the conducting of contested cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 9"
citation: "Idaho H 9 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS OFFICE", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COURTS", "GOVERNMENT", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8760e7e-df8f-428c-88c7-3c0cad514aa7"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0009/"
source_hash: "98e3c0bf1344bbcf5f1953cb931591eee612a4744380631a7edf11cd30046854"
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 9 (2025) — IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the procedures for the conducting of contested cases.

## 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/H0009A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0009.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0009E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended – — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2025-02-10** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2025-02-20** Retained on General Orders
- **2025-03-04** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-04** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2025-03-04** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2025-03-04** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-05** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-05** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-06** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church(Caldwell), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott(Scott), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – EricksonFloor Sponsor - BruceTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-10** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-10** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - RuchtiTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 21, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2025 Session Law Chapter 151 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/d8760e7e-df8f-428c-88c7-3c0cad514aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).