---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding motor vehicle towing."
description: "MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding motor vehicle towing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 174"
citation: "Idaho H 174 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "FEES", "GOVERNMENT", "HIGHWAYS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LIENS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POLICE", "IDAHO STATE", "PROPERTY", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e27711-8596-43a2-ae81-695eb9af4bd3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0174/"
source_hash: "c45ebc53707db38d7a219ae4c8665041fb063fa7d0712bade8223c3b1c5823b5"
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 174 (2025) — MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding motor vehicle towing.

## 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/H0174A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0174.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0174E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2025-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-1-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, 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, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – HarrisAbsent – GreenFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - KeyserTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-25** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-25** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-25** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-25** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-26** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-2-4AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green(Lesmeister), Handy, 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, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Harris, ThompsonAbsent – Cannon, Crane(13), Skaug, WeberFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Delivered to Governor at 11:11 a.m. on March 28, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 218 Effective: 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e27711-8596-43a2-ae81-695eb9af4bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).