---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for certain voluntary noncompliance and acceptance of risks."
description: "STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for certain voluntary noncompliance and acceptance of risks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 97"
citation: "Idaho H 97 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCIES", "GOVERNMENT", "LIABILITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853d2411-9281-4eed-acd9-f449e92ee464"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0097/"
source_hash: "df286b9479343e4d819a3c34701e93f0816dbf9fb2a03e0fdc7d6d8e02108488"
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 97 (2025) — STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for certain voluntary noncompliance and acceptance of risks.

## 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/H0097.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **63–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **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 - 63-5-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, 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, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, RubelAbsent – Galaviz, GreenFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle 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: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-4-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Mathews(Rabe), Semmelroth, Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle 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 26 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/853d2411-9281-4eed-acd9-f449e92ee464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).