H 102 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

RECREATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to establish additional procedures to file petitions for the dissolution of recreation districts.

H 102 amends Idaho law to change the process for dissolving recreation districts. It maintains the standard requirement that 20% of district voters must sign a dissolution petition, but adds a new option: if a district's population has grown more than 200% since its creation, the district's board of directors can file a dissolution petition without needing voter signatures. The bill also includes technical corrections to the existing dissolution procedures. This change directly affects recreation districts that have experienced significant population growth, allowing their boards to initiate dissolution more easily.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Signed Apr 1, 2025
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Bill Text Engrossment 1 · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill amends Idaho Code section 31-4320 to update the requirements for dissolving recreation districts. The main change is that the ability for a district board of directors to file a dissolution petition without voter signatures is now conditional on the district experiencing significant population growth (more than 200% increase in qualified electors since creation). This ensures that districts with stable or declining populations still require community input through voter petitions before dissolution.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on recreation district dissolution procedures, but the eligibility criteria for board-initiated dissolution petitions has been narrowed based on population growth thresholds.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the requirement for board-initiated dissolution petitions from always allowed to only allowed when the district's qualified electors have increased by more than 200% since the district's creation.

TECHNICAL

Added language clarifying that the board petition option applies specifically when the population growth threshold has been met, rather than as an alternative option available in all cases.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House Feb 7, 2025

How they voted

340
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 21, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Apr 1, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 215 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Concurred in Senate Amendments
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0-1)
senate
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Amendments reported printed
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Amendments ordered printed
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Placed in the Committee of the Whole
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 56-13-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thomps
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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