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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 959"
citation: "Idaho H 959 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICTS", "EMERGENCIES", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "MEDICAL", "SAFETY", "TAX AND TAXATION", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-27"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/897b90c5-a1e2-4557-a0a2-2c76b027fa90"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0959/"
source_hash: "b868a90e2fadac5641ff3f0339da7d57464e1b6489bc2be507488cde595fefde"
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 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](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0959.pdf)
## Votes
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) Read third time in full **330** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required **670** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/897b90c5-a1e2-4557-a0a2-2c76b027fa90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).