---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROTECTION OF GRAVES – Amends existing law to prohibit certain acts regarding graves and to provide exemptions."
description: "PROTECTION OF GRAVES – Amends existing law to prohibit certain acts regarding graves and to provide exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 856"
citation: "Idaho H 856 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "CORONERS", "COUNTIES", "DEATH", "HISTORY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MUSEUMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-10"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/213662d7-dcae-45e1-b198-9fbfca3ab663"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0856/"
source_hash: "b2a263b499f36c3ff4f51848034693eeb891761b26cfc1485b0bea5f188795be"
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 856 (2026) — PROTECTION OF GRAVES – Amends existing law to prohibit certain acts regarding graves and to provide exemptions.

## 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/H0856.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2026-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Alfieri, Garner, HillFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-23** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-23** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** 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`
- **2026-03-31** Delivered to Governor at 4:50 p.m. on March 30, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 253 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/213662d7-dcae-45e1-b198-9fbfca3ab663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).