---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO BROADBAND ADVISORY BOARD – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board and to provide that any grant award process shall be conducted by an independent third party."
description: "IDAHO BROADBAND ADVISORY BOARD – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board and to provide that any grant award process shall be conducted by an independent third party."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 299"
citation: "Idaho H 299 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "GOVERNMENT", "GRANTS", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58efdf1-7c04-4b3a-a252-1542b6cea361"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0299/"
source_hash: "16aae0dbb25690634cbef4357a6b56739a76927d47cc708528adae64d4aee4fd"
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 299 (2025) — IDAHO BROADBAND ADVISORY BOARD – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board and to provide that any grant award process shall be conducted by an independent third party.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0299.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Reported Printed and Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology
- **2025-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – 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, Green, Handy, Harris, 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 – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-2-5AYES – Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Anthon, HarrisAbsent and excused – Adams, Galloway, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - RicksTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 18, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 115 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/e58efdf1-7c04-4b3a-a252-1542b6cea361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).