---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBITIONS ON UTILITY CONNECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit any type of local government entity from restricting certain types of utility connections."
description: "PROHIBITIONS ON UTILITY CONNECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit any type of local government entity from restricting certain types of utility connections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 106"
citation: "Idaho H 106 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ENERGY", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd93ee8-9037-4fa0-87f3-e7d75ba5b266"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0106/"
source_hash: "9d59bd53f5ef2a4c7ae74a4d0ad8f4515c9573c403f6c9707d0fe307adf44b59"
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 106 (2023) — PROHIBITIONS ON UTILITY CONNECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit any type of local government entity from restricting certain types of utility connections.

## 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/2023/legislation/H0106.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **58–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2023-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-12-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Cheatum, Chew, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Lanting, Mathias, Nash, Necochea, RobertsAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Dixon(1)Title apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-16** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-16** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:43 a.m. on March 17, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2023 Session Law Chapter 55 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfd93ee8-9037-4fa0-87f3-e7d75ba5b266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).