---
type: "Bill"
title: "FLAGS – Amends existing law to provide that a governmental entity shall only display certain flags."
description: "FLAGS – Amends existing law to provide that a governmental entity shall only display certain flags."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 96"
citation: "Idaho H 96 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "FLAGS", "GOVERNMENT", "INDIANS", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS", "MILITARY AND MILITIA", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2da7b4f-f183-4abd-9f10-ea0e51992d3d"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0096/"
source_hash: "dbd9c23a524c8890dcc64279467e6cc38749f8796122849cc5d5fa48ff808ee4"
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 96 (2025) — FLAGS – Amends existing law to provide that a governmental entity shall only display certain flags.

## 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/H0096A5.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0096.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0096E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **54–13** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS 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 State Affairs
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 17, 2025
- **2025-02-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-17-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Raybould, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, WheelerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-19** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of committee; 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 - 20-11-4AYES – Anthon, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Cook, Guthrie, Lent, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), WoodwardAbsent and excused – Adams, Bernt, Burtenshaw, GrowFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-26** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-26** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-26** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-26** 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`
- **2025-03-28** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-13-3AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), 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, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Mathias, Raybould, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, WheelerAbsent – Cayler, Crane(13), GreenFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-31** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Delivered to Governor at 11:09 a.m. on April 1, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2025 Session Law Chapter 274 Effective: 04/03/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2da7b4f-f183-4abd-9f10-ea0e51992d3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).