---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding temporary license plates and certain exempt vehicle license plates."
description: "MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding temporary license plates and certain exempt vehicle license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 21"
citation: "Idaho H 21 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEES", "GOVERNMENT", "LICENSE PLATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd29a18-fbf7-4884-8a5d-8778ea6417be"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0021/"
source_hash: "2e1cc3f986c30161854a358200ff636e9b10fa7a3958b68a9320327411f73d51"
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 21 (2025) — MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding temporary license plates and certain exempt vehicle license plates.

## 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/H0021.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **40–25** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2025-02-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 40-25-5AYES – Achilles, Andrus, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Ehardt, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Ehlers, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, ManwaringFloor Sponsor - HandyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-7-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Carlson, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Ruchti, TaylorFloor Sponsor - BurtenshawTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Delivered to Governor at 8:10 a.m. on March 11, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2025 Session Law Chapter 22 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/6fd29a18-fbf7-4884-8a5d-8778ea6417be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).