---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL LIENS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding medical liens, to update a provision regarding perfection of such liens, and to provide that liens shall relate to the charges for services or treatments provided."
description: "MEDICAL LIENS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding medical liens, to update a provision regarding perfection of such liens, and to provide that liens shall relate to the charges for services or treatments provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 501"
citation: "Idaho H 501 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LIENS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/164a9cb6-09e9-43f9-8e72-51b86db303be"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0501/"
source_hash: "1cf66e378119388f695e5b6e4138f42d5b6fc72523cefdd448f246db347dde65"
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 501 (2024) — MEDICAL LIENS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding medical liens, to update a provision regarding perfection of such liens, and to provide that liens shall relate to the charges for services or treatments provided.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0501A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0501.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0501E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2024-02-20** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2024-02-27** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-02-27** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2024-02-27** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2024-02-27** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2024-02-28** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2024-02-28** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2024-02-29** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Andrus, Erickson, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - GannonTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2024-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – AdamsFloor Sponsor - RuchtiTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-26** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Delivered to Governor at 4:15 p.m. on March 26, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2024 Session Law Chapter 236 Effective: 03/28/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/164a9cb6-09e9-43f9-8e72-51b86db303be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).