---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to establish a policy regarding maintenance, construction, and development of bridges and highways."
description: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to establish a policy regarding maintenance, construction, and development of bridges and highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 237"
citation: "Idaho H 237 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTS", "BRIDGES", "HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d4e2d9-f24c-4927-b1cf-deb1ebf605b0"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0237/"
source_hash: "4d8b1771b3654ad2859fe4cb8d14be508fbd7269468eec778eb25c3fdb3d015d"
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 237 (2023) — TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to establish a policy regarding maintenance, construction, and development of bridges and highways.

## 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/H0237.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **57–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 57-9-4AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Burns, Cheatum, Galaviz, Gannon, Mathias, Nash, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – Garner, Green, Healey, MendiveFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-9-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Hart, Just, Lenney, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-29** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 30, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2023 Session Law Chapter 288 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/59d4e2d9-f24c-4927-b1cf-deb1ebf605b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).