---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATURAL RESOURCES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to merge the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources."
description: "NATURAL RESOURCES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to merge the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 737"
citation: "Idaho H 737 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CODES", "ENERGY", "GOVERNMENT", "LAND USE", "MINERALS and MINING", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "SOIL", "SPECIES", "MINERALS", "AND ENERGY COORDINATION", "OFFICE OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a48741f3-87b6-435c-aac2-02633bf9b036"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0737/"
source_hash: "15dc58fc343454cade5e8d92af867de22d964743f683b877d85cc645b908fa01"
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 737 (2026) — NATURAL RESOURCES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to merge the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0737.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2026-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-4-0AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, 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, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Haws, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-2-3AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – Anthon, Ruchti, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 66 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a48741f3-87b6-435c-aac2-02633bf9b036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).