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Idaho H 959 — 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.
Idaho, 2026. H 959: 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 am
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April 2, 2026 — 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
Summary
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Sponsors
- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary sponsor
Bill text
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Recorded votes
Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required –
March 30, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 67 · no: 0 · absent: 3
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (70)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Alfieri | yes |
| Barbieri | yes |
| Beiswenger | yes |
| Berch | yes |
| Bingham | yes |
| Boyle | yes |
| Bruce | yes |
| Burgoyne | yes |
| Cannon | yes |
| Cayler | yes |
| Cheatum | yes |
| Church | yes |
| Cornilles | yes |
| Crane | yes |
| Crane | yes |
| Dygert | yes |
| Egbert | yes |
| Ehardt | yes |
| Ehlers | yes |
| Erickson | yes |
| Fuhriman | yes |
| Furniss | yes |
| Galaviz | yes |
| Gannon | yes |
| Garner | yes |
| Hall | yes |
| Handy | yes |
| Harris | yes |
| Hawkins | yes |
| Haws | yes |
| Healey | yes |
| Hill | yes |
| Holtzclaw | yes |
| Hostetler | yes |
| Leavitt | yes |
| Manwaring | yes |
| Marmon | yes |
| Mathias | yes |
| Mendive | yes |
| Mickelsen | yes |
| Miller | yes |
| Mitchell | yes |
| Monks | yes |
| Nelsen | yes |
| Petzke | yes |
| Pickett | yes |
| Pohanka | yes |
| Price | yes |
| Rasor | yes |
| Raybould | yes |
| Raymond | yes |
| Redman | yes |
| Rubel | yes |
| Sauter | yes |
| Scott | yes |
| Shepherd | yes |
| Shirts | yes |
| Skaug | yes |
| Tanner | yes |
| Tanner | yes |
| Thompson | yes |
| Vander Woude | yes |
| Veile | yes |
| Weber | yes |
| Wheeler | yes |
| Wisniewski | yes |
| Mr. Speaker | yes |
| Green | absent |
| McCann | absent |
| Palmer | absent |
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full –
April 2, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 33 · no: 0 · absent: 2
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (35)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Adams | yes |
| Anthon | yes |
| Bernt | yes |
| Bjerke | yes |
| Blaylock | yes |
| Burtenshaw | yes |
| Carlson | yes |
| Cook | yes |
| Den Hartog | yes |
| Foreman | yes |
| Galloway | yes |
| Grow | yes |
| Guthrie | yes |
| Harris | yes |
| Hart | yes |
| Keyser | yes |
| Kohl | yes |
| Lakey | yes |
| Lenney | yes |
| Lent | yes |
| Nichols | yes |
| Okuniewicz | yes |
| Rabe | yes |
| Ricks | yes |
| Semmelroth | yes |
| Shippy | yes |
| Toews | yes |
| VanOrden | yes |
| Ward-Engelking | yes |
| Wintrow | yes |
| Woodward | yes |
| Zito | yes |
| Zuiderveld | yes |
| Ruchti | absent |
| Taylor | absent |
Legislative history
- 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
- Delivered to Governor at 6:25 p.m. on April 2, 2026
- Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- Signed by President; returned to House
- Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- 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
- Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation
- Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- 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
- Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
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