---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the release of certain liens."
description: "LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the release of certain liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1297"
citation: "Idaho S 1297 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "LIENS", "MECHANICS", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569518d4-3fdb-4b58-929b-07115c898998"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1297/"
source_hash: "a1ccb592d56f25d3a58d38a72c92d31fbc1f575ceda1fef73c59cf644e92d05b"
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 S 1297 (2024) — LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIALMEN – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the release of certain liens.

## 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/2024/legislation/S1297.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Forsmann(Carlson), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Moser(Semmelroth), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-01** Read First Time, Referred to Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, 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, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – YoungFloor Sponsor - ManwaringTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:52 p.m. on 03/19/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Signed by Governor on 03/21/24 Session Law Chapter 150 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569518d4-3fdb-4b58-929b-07115c898998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).