---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the consolidation of fire protection districts."
description: "FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the consolidation of fire protection districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 208"
citation: "Idaho H 208 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DISTRICTS", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "LEVIES", "TAX AND TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c046b49-0d81-4e4b-b17d-8227ab4e1090"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0208/"
source_hash: "68ab583afc8fca44aa5301c8ff83258e8394bf21920d79fb2499d4be92cad0f9"
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 208 (2025) — FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the consolidation of fire protection districts.

## 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/H0208.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **43–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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 Local Government
- **2025-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2025
- **2025-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 43-24-3AYES – Achilles, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Church, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mitchell, Price, Rasor, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Cheatum, Clow, WheelerFloor Sponsor - SauterTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 21, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2025 Session Law Chapter 155 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/1c046b49-0d81-4e4b-b17d-8227ab4e1090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).