---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a claim of a lien and to provide for attorney’s fees and costs in certain instances."
description: "LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a claim of a lien and to provide for attorney’s fees and costs in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "H 609"
citation: "Idaho H 609 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "FEES", "LIENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf36c7db-b259-48d9-85bd-75c746a76951"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/H0609/"
source_hash: "e1697ec04cdf2ff5fcdc9a891fe81f3575a2dc2b13d802e46f3beaa473932fc9"
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 609 (2022) — LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a claim of a lien and to provide for attorney’s fees and costs in certain instances.

## 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/2022/legislation/H0609.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2022-02-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-22** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-02-23** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway(Hancock), Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Harris, MitchellFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2022-02-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-11** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Ricks, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Patrick, Rice, RiggsFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2022-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2022-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2022-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 16, 2022
- **2022-03-18** Reported Signed by Governor on March 17, 2022 Session Law Chapter 66 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf36c7db-b259-48d9-85bd-75c746a76951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).