---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide additional time to respond to requests for public records from nonresidents and to allow a different fee schedule to fulfill nonresident requests."
description: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide additional time to respond to requests for public records from nonresidents and to allow a different fee schedule to fulfill nonresident requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 253"
citation: "Idaho H 253 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEES", "GOVERNMENT", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30838bdb-8351-4e49-9d73-a7bfb3eae32e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0253/"
source_hash: "3ca76c3da6873cfe548ad34e5e8165025204acb6aa59179577e1770012169f65"
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 253 (2025) — PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide additional time to respond to requests for public records from nonresidents and to allow a different fee schedule to fulfill nonresident requests.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0253A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0253.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0253E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **45–24** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **41–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS 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 State Affairs
- **2025-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 41-29-0AYES – Achilles, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Shirts, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church, Clow, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Gannon, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mitchell, Price, Rasor, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - FurnissTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-27** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-27** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-27** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-27** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-27** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-28** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 25-9-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), WoodwardNAYS – Coho(Lenney), Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – GallowayFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-04-02** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-04-02** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-04-02** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-04-02** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-04-02** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-03** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 45-24-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gannon, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mitchell, Price, Rasor, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – ClowFloor Sponsor - FurnissTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-04-03** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-03** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Delivered to Governor at 10:36 a.m. on April 4, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2025 Session Law Chapter 298 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/30838bdb-8351-4e49-9d73-a7bfb3eae32e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).