---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to define a term and to revise provisions regarding violations and enforcement."
description: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to define a term and to revise provisions regarding violations and enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1140"
citation: "Idaho S 1140 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4a59e1-d1da-4c07-89c0-6738a7795bd0"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1140/"
source_hash: "c7ec1a973c1c51b04704063c82e61632d57c5b4d2fede36afedf3f32caef571c"
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 S 1140 (2025) — TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to define a term and to revise provisions regarding violations and enforcement.

## 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/S1140A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1140.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1140E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Reported Printed; referred to Transportation
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 28-6-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Ricks, Shippy, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Hart, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – ToewsFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-25** Read First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2025-03-27** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 59-9-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, 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, Green, Mathias, RubelAbsent – Crane(13), MickelsenFloor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-28** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-28** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Reported delivered to Governor at 10:05 a.m. on 03/31/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor on 03/31/25 Session Law Chapter 242 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/9a4a59e1-d1da-4c07-89c0-6738a7795bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).