---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS – Adds to existing law to provide for first-time home buyer savings accounts."
description: "FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS – Adds to existing law to provide for first-time home buyer savings accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 589"
citation: "Idaho H 589 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTS", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL PROPERTY", "SAVINGS ACCOUNTS", "TAX AND TAXATION", "INCOME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aafd052-ad31-40e0-bf46-729b3ca46ba5"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0589/"
source_hash: "d1f70d1b95aceeb733578078a8b014c19b9a6785fc61ba797e1f5743a3591ccd"
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 589 (2020) — FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS – Adds to existing law to provide for first-time home buyer savings accounts.

## 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/H0589.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **22–10** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **47–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Reported Printed and Referred to Revenue & Taxation
- **2020-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-06** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 47-23-0AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderst, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Mason, McCrostie, Monks, Moyle, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wood, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Anderson, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Christensen, Clow, Giddings, Harris, Horman, Marshall, Mendive, Moon, Necochea, Nichols, Remington, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Young, ZitoAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnderstTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-09** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2020-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-10-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Lakey, Lent, Lodge, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Bair, Bayer, Harris, Johnson, Lee, Martin, Mortimer, Souza, Thayn, VickAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 252 Effective: Retroactive to 01/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aafd052-ad31-40e0-bf46-729b3ca46ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).