---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO BUILDING CODES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding single stairway building exceptions."
description: "IDAHO BUILDING CODES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding single stairway building exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 706"
citation: "Idaho H 706 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "GOVERNMENT", "HOMES AND HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98117a31-7290-4303-a9e1-aefb9ec1193b"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0706/"
source_hash: "e3812bfab31f751bd0eafc296533d047e6cfe46b5a8fc59ff6cee3ebad0e8083"
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 706 (2026) — IDAHO BUILDING CODES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding single stairway building exceptions.

## 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/H0706.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **18–17** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — **63–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **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`
- **2026-03-24** Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 63-7-0AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Crane(13), Mendive, Palmer, Skaug, Tanner(14)Absent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2026-03-30** Reported out of Committee and referred to: Local Government & Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Read third time in full – Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 18-17-0AYES – Bernt, Blaylock, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Hart, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke(Bjerke), Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ruchti, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-04-02** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 4:24 p.m. on April 2, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 10, 2026 Session Law Chapter 320 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/98117a31-7290-4303-a9e1-aefb9ec1193b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).