---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish An Appeal to Heaven license plates."
description: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish An Appeal to Heaven license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 235"
citation: "Idaho H 235 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSE PLATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272daf51-3071-49bf-adc2-d8e06c65da21"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0235/"
source_hash: "08dc2a1501cbe3b6fb035c41506fad5377d579645b6932d7ecd47d404fa810c6"
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 235 (2025) — TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish An Appeal to Heaven 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/H0235.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **57–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **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`
- **2025-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 57-11-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Mathias, Mickelsen, RubelAbsent – Fuhriman, GreenFloor Sponsor - Tanner(14)Title apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-03** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-17** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-18** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-19** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-20** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-21** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-24** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-8-1AYES – Anthon, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Adams, Bernt, Den Hartog, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Semmelroth, Taylor, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – ShippyFloor Sponsor - HartTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-24** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 4:04 p.m. on March 25, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2025 Session Law Chapter 172 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/272daf51-3071-49bf-adc2-d8e06c65da21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).