---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNCONTROLLED FIRES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide that a fire burning out of control on federal land in Idaho is a nuisance and cost recovery actions related to such fires are subject to a statute of limitations after ten years, and to allow the governor to direct state resources to suppress fires on federal land."
description: "UNCONTROLLED FIRES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide that a fire burning out of control on federal land in Idaho is a nuisance and cost recovery actions related to such fires are subject to a statute of limitations after ten years, and to allow the governor to direct state resources to suppress fires on federal land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 389"
citation: "Idaho H 389 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "EMERGENCIES", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "LAND USE", "LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16067b63-d6e6-4442-8d88-4d7397e714bb"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0389/"
source_hash: "1cee12ff51df5602a0cbb90ecb934b09acb47301bd38cfa80fbc3b4784e27d3d"
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 389 (2025) — UNCONTROLLED FIRES – Amends and adds to existing law to provide that a fire burning out of control on federal land in Idaho is a nuisance and cost recovery actions related to such fires are subject to a statute of limitations after ten years, and to allow the governor to direct state resources to suppress fires on federal land.

## 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/H0389.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2025-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-6-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, 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(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Gannon, Green, RubelAbsent – MathiasFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Burtenshaw, RuchtiFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 4:20 p.m. on April 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2025 Session Law Chapter 277 Effective: 04/03/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16067b63-d6e6-4442-8d88-4d7397e714bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).