---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – LAVA HOT SPRINGS FOUNDATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Lava Hot Springs Foundation for fiscal year 2021."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – LAVA HOT SPRINGS FOUNDATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Lava Hot Springs Foundation for fiscal year 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 537"
citation: "Idaho H 537 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "PARKS AND RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a68d9d-e3b6-4b2a-a1b0-bcb4be0f96f2"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0537/"
source_hash: "8d56c21780067fa83ea973f94a6df6e73fe56bc20d4bb00089158bfd4f1aa0bb"
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 537 (2020) — APPROPRIATIONS – LAVA HOT SPRINGS FOUNDATION – Relates to the appropriation to the Lava Hot Springs Foundation for fiscal year 2021.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0537.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–4** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **49–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2020-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-02-27** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 49-20-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dixon, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Necochea, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Christensen, Clow, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Kingsley, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Scott, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – ArmstrongFloor Sponsor - TooneTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-02** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-02** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2020-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-4-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardNAYS – Bayer, Burgoyne, Den Hartog, WinderAbsent and excused – Heider, Johnson, VickFloor Sponsor - NyeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-09** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-11** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Reported Signed by Governor on March 15, 2020 Session Law Chapter 138 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a68d9d-e3b6-4b2a-a1b0-bcb4be0f96f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).