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H 150 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

PROPERTY – Repeals and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding conveyances or encumbrances of homesteads by married couples.

Idaho's H 150 bill revises property law to require both spouses' consent before selling or mortgaging a shared family home (homestead). It replaces an outdated rule with a new requirement: either both spouses must sign the sale or mortgage document, or one spouse must transfer the home to the other via a deed establishing it as sole property. This directly affects married couples owning homestead property in Idaho, ensuring both partners have legal authority over the home. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, and applies to all future conveyances or mortgages of homesteads.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed Apr 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

Bill Text → Engrossment 1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify how married couples can convey or encumber their homestead property. The changes allow spouses to use a power of attorney to authorize the other spouse to act on their behalf, and introduce a new option where one spouse can transfer the homestead to the other to establish it as separate property, thereby eliminating the need for that spouse's consent in future transactions.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include additional methods for spouses to authorize homestead conveyance or encumbrance without requiring consent from both spouses in all cases.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement that consent must be evidenced by both spouses executing the conveyance instrument, replacing it with two alternative methods: mutual execution of the instrument or a deed transferring the property to one spouse to establish sole ownership.

Added a new option where a deed from one spouse to the other can establish the homestead as the sole and separate property of the grantee, exempting that spouse from needing consent for future conveyances.

ELIGIBILITY

Added eligibility for spouses to execute a power of attorney authorizing the other spouse to convey or encumber the homestead on behalf of the principal.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House Feb 28, 2025

How they voted

34–0
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
32
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Apr 1, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 216 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 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Revenue & Taxation
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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