---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOBBYISTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions governing lobbying and lobbyists."
description: "LOBBYISTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions governing lobbying and lobbyists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 398"
citation: "Idaho H 398 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "GOVERNMENT", "LOBBYING AND LOBBYISTS", "REPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2cb2b6d-e1fb-40e3-95cd-84062fb97580"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0398/"
source_hash: "6a3afd5a623b517b201acd2465c8182c5159efe85eee28ada6364278e1d86909"
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 398 (2025) — LOBBYISTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions governing lobbying and lobbyists.

## 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/H0398.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 2 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – — **54–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2025-03-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 2 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-14-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green(Lesmeister), Handy, Healey, Hill, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Beiswenger, Bruce, Cayler, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Holtzclaw, McCannFloor Sponsor - SkaugTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-26** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-26** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), WoodwardNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Nichols, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** 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`
- **2025-04-03** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 1:17 p.m. on April 3, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2025 Session Law Chapter 280 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/f2cb2b6d-e1fb-40e3-95cd-84062fb97580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).