---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Adds to existing law to provide for state sovereignty, jurisdictional presumption, and a limitation on federal power."
description: "STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Adds to existing law to provide for state sovereignty, jurisdictional presumption, and a limitation on federal power."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 650"
citation: "Idaho H 650 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f7565d-8887-4414-9e47-9589dff5c006"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0650/"
source_hash: "af60b27054adf9d858bf3b4a177cc1b9838355369bf908060b6b30f3c2e251bc"
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 650 (2026) — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Adds to existing law to provide for state sovereignty, jurisdictional presumption, and a limitation on federal power.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0650.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **62–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-13** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2026-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2026-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2026-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-6-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen(Athay), 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, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Haws, Mathias, RubelAbsent – Berch, GreenFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-3-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(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 – Rabe, Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 12:31 p.m. on March 30, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 238 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f7565d-8887-4414-9e47-9589dff5c006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).