---
type: "Bill"
title: "RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to provide for vehicles to exceed the speed limit while passing in a passing lane."
description: "RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to provide for vehicles to exceed the speed limit while passing in a passing lane."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 205"
citation: "Idaho H 205 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS", "HIGHWAYS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd2d55d-6e11-41c4-98e2-dfc0cfca8171"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0205/"
source_hash: "bcd9d8d55b524ff8891de47f2e40b04a235a89dab0a212dcbef4795ec2a70785"
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 205 (2025) — RULES OF THE ROAD – Amends existing law to provide for vehicles to exceed the speed limit while passing in a passing lane.

## 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/H0205.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **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 - 64-3-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, GannonAbsent – Cannon, Green, LeavittFloor Sponsor - ShepherdTitle 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: Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-14** Delivered to Governor at 11:20 a.m. on March 13, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Reported Signed by Governor on March 14, 2025 Session Law Chapter 78 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/ddd2d55d-6e11-41c4-98e2-dfc0cfca8171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).