---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION – Amends existing law to revise annual assessment provisions regarding private owners of certain forest lands."
description: "FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION – Amends existing law to revise annual assessment provisions regarding private owners of certain forest lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 44"
citation: "Idaho H 44 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303bd31d-a45a-4d0b-be8a-24fdf2b82d63"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0044/"
source_hash: "91f045990710a25deb0a0351c355aafc0e4b3116b1f548ea71adf821f0bb4b0e"
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 44 (2019) — FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION – Amends existing law to revise annual assessment provisions regarding private owners of certain forest lands.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0044.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **44–26** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2019-02-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 44-26-0AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Davis, Dayley, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Green(2), Harris, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - LickleyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Burgoyne, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Lent, RiceAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - JohnsonTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-21** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-25** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-25** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-02-26** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-26** Reported Signed by Governor on February 26, 2019 Session Law Chapter 36 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303bd31d-a45a-4d0b-be8a-24fdf2b82d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).