SINGLE COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the election of commissioners in certain single countywide highway districts.
This bill revises election rules for highway district commissioners in Idaho counties with populations over 200,000. It requires dividing such counties into five population-based subdistricts, with commissioners elected from each subdistrict to represent residents there. Future commissioners will serve four-year terms (with some initial two-year terms in 1998), and primary elections will be required starting in 2026. This directly affects voters and candidates in those specific countywide highway districts.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Last action Apr 3, 2025
Floor votes · House Apr 2, 2025
How they voted
54–10
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 66
Apr 2, 2025
D
Democratic9
88% Nay
R
Republican57
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 58-10-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond,
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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