republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2024/h-496.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	PROPERTY – Amends existing law to exempt federally recognized Indian tribes from the definition of “foreign government,” such that certain restrictions regarding real property will not apply to them, and to include forest land as one of the kinds of property that a foreign government may not purchase.	PROPERTY – Amends existing law to exempt federally recognized Indian tribes from the definition of “foreign government,” such that certain restrictions regarding real property will not apply to them, and to include forest land as one of the kinds of property that a foreign government may not purchase.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2024	H 496	Idaho H 496 (2024)	bill	FORESTS AND FORESTRY LANDS PROPERTY	enacted		1	18	2	2024-02-07	2024-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/2f412e90-ab52-4c58-9bcf-808d0580f769	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0496/	8dfa7162dd093ea199e5ad5aa73b1b5459b5a3a2fb18f9537777c7bc5f21b24e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 496 (2024) — PROPERTY – Amends existing law to exempt federally recognized Indian tribes from the definition of “foreign government,” such that certain restrictions regarding real property will not apply to them, and to include forest land as one of the kinds of property that a foreign government may not purchase.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read Third Time in Full – — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time in full – — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2024-02-08 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
• 2024-02-15 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-16 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2024-02-19 U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
• 2024-02-20 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Wilson), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Roberts, RubelFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2024-02-21 Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs introduction
• 2024-02-23 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-05 Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - TrakelTitle apvd - to House passage
• 2024-03-06 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate passage
• 2024-03-07 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President; returned to House passage
• 2024-03-08 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Delivered to Governor at 12:05 p.m. on March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-12 Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2024 Session Law Chapter 24 Effective: Retroactive to 04/03/2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f412e90-ab52-4c58-9bcf-808d0580f769. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).