---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the State Historic Preservation Officer."
description: "STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the State Historic Preservation Officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 898"
citation: "Idaho H 898 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HISTORICAL SITES", "HISTORICAL SOCIETY", "STATE", "HISTORY", "LAND USE", "LANDS", "MINERALS and MINING", "SPECIES", "MINERALS", "AND ENERGY COORDINATION", "OFFICE OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f4af68-2de3-4c56-a342-e7027df20c0e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0898/"
source_hash: "ab443318ef2a4ea82071f4420634e8c7fe70a26716f7f8931921dbd7b4c84cc7"
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 898 (2026) — STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the State Historic Preservation Officer.

## 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/H0898.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2026-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 53-16-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Holtzclaw, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Cayler, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Haws, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, Rubel, Skaug, Tanner(13)Absent – HillFloor Sponsor - FurnissTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-23** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-23** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-12-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, VanOrden, WoodwardNAYS – Foreman, Hart, Kohl, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-31** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-31** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Delivered to Governor at 12:50 p.m. on April 1, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on one legislative day Session Law Chapter 296 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/e9f4af68-2de3-4c56-a342-e7027df20c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).