---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the commission and to increase assessments."
description: "ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the commission and to increase assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 173"
citation: "Idaho H 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMISSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7c03dd-17e1-42e8-bfb1-0b8666b3d63c"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0173/"
source_hash: "524732227f5b7773fbf749a7686acaf3c7aa30cb4d2b9db6a951f8f00f55d0fb"
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 173 (2025) — ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the commission and to increase assessments.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0173.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **39–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2025-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 39-29-2AYES – Achilles, Andrus, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Vander Woude, Weber, WheelerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Ehardt, Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Cannon, GreenFloor Sponsor - DygertTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Agricultural Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 24-11-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bjerke, Foreman, Galloway, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BlaylockTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:40 a.m. on March 19, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2025 Session Law Chapter 138 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc7c03dd-17e1-42e8-bfb1-0b8666b3d63c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).