---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the legislative policy on highway-related expenditures."
description: "HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the legislative policy on highway-related expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 729"
citation: "Idaho H 729 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRIDGES", "HIGHWAYS", "LEGISLATURE", "LEVIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-21"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a45bd3-2a67-423e-8779-3edd2f33356f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0729/"
source_hash: "728355fe34f7b148de4760cadd994a8f24240b47a02911258138b3c308f5139a"
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 729 (2024) — HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the legislative policy on highway-related expenditures.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0729.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **59–10** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-03-21** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2024-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 59-10-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Johnson), Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Burns, Chew(Harada), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – HormanFloor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-26** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-26** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2024-03-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 26-7-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Rabe, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – Burtenshaw, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-28** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 12:17 p.m. on March 29, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024 Session Law Chapter 259 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08a45bd3-2a67-423e-8779-3edd2f33356f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).