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type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law."
description: "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 294"
citation: "Idaho H 294 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "FUELS", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "SAFETY", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaab946f-7b32-4032-918d-e798e8e9c1db"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0294/"
source_hash: "5a0837912001546aa4c2009e8444a235e79c2e5065d31c61d4348f6a8a75b98c"
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 294 (2025) — PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law.
## 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/H0294.pdf)
## Votes
- Read third time in full **278** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full **4426** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **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 - 44-26-0AYES Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, WheelerNAYS Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(13), Erickson, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Price, Rasor, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerAbsent NoneFloor Sponsor - Crane(12)Title 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`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read third time in full PASSED - 27-8-0AYES Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Nichols, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 10:57 a.m. on March 20, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2025 Session Law Chapter 144 Effective: 03/21/2025 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaab946f-7b32-4032-918d-e798e8e9c1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).