republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/h-959.md

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Bill	TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection districts and ambulance service districts and to revise provisions regarding certain property tax budget limits.	TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection districts and ambulance service districts and to revise provisions regarding certain property tax budget limits.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	H 959	Idaho H 959 (2026)	bill	DISTRICTS EMERGENCIES FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS MEDICAL SAFETY TAX AND TAXATION PROPERTY	enacted		1	16	2	2026-03-27	2026-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/897b90c5-a1e2-4557-a0a2-2c76b027fa90	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0959/	b868a90e2fadac5641ff3f0339da7d57464e1b6489bc2be507488cde595fefde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 959 (2026) — TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection districts and ambulance service districts and to revise provisions regarding certain property tax budget limits.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — 67–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-27 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2026-03-27 Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
• 2026-03-30 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-30 Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon(Cannon), Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts(Batt), Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Green, McCann, PalmerFloor Sponsor - MoyleTitle apvd - to Senate
• 2026-03-30 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2026-03-30 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation introduction
• 2026-04-01 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-02 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-02 Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Ruchti, TaylorFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-02 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 6:25 p.m. on April 2, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02 Reported Signed by Governor on April 10, 2026 Session Law Chapter 316 Effective: Retroactive to 01/01/2026 SECTION 2; 07/01/2026 SECTION 1 & 3 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/897b90c5-a1e2-4557-a0a2-2c76b027fa90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).