H0738 • 2026

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES – Amends existing law to provide that the organizer of a limited liability company may use the street and mailing addresses of a company’s commercial registered agent in certain circumstances.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES – Amends existing law to provide that the organizer of a limited liability company may use the street and mailing addresses of a company’s commercial registered agent in certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES – Amends existing law to provide that the organizer of a limited liability company may use the street and mailing addresses of a company’s commercial registered agent in certain circumstances.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2026 Session Law Chapter 80 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on March 19, 2026
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Semmelroth, Shippy Floor Sponsor - Bernt Title apvd - to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Retained on calendar
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, 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, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen(Athay), Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Cannon, Green Floor Sponsor - Dygert Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-02 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-20 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Business
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES – Amends existing law to provide that the organizer of a limited liability company may use the street and mailing addresses of a company’s commercial registered agent in certain circumstances.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
738
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
FORMATION
OF
LIMITED
LIABILITY
COMPANIES;
AMENDING
SECTION
2
30
-
25
-
201,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
THAT
AN
ORGANIZER
MAY
USE
THE
STREET
3
AND
MAILING
ADDRESSES
OF
A
COMPANY'S
COMMERCIAL
REGISTERED
AGENT
IN
4
CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EF
-
5
FECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Section
30
-
25
-
201,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
8
hereby
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
30
-
25
-
201.
FORMATION
OF
LIMITED
LIABILITY
COMPANY
-
-
CERTIFICATE
OF
10
ORGANIZATION.
(a)
One
(1)
or
more
persons
may
act
as
organizers
to
form
a
lim
-
1
1
ited
liability
company
by
delivering
to
the
secretary
of
state
for
filing
a
12
certificate
of
organization.
13
(b)
A
certificate
of
organization
must
state:
14
(1)
The
name
of
the
limited
liability
company
that
must
comply
with
sec
-
15
tions
30
-
21
-
301
and
30
-
21
-
302(d),
Idaho
Code;
16
(2)
(i)
The
street
and
mailing
addresses
of
the
company's
principal
17
office;
or
18
(ii)
The
street
and
mailing
addresses
of
the
company's
commercial
19
registered
agent
if:
20
1.
The
limited
liability
company
attests
that
it
has
no
21
physical
location
other
than
a
residential
address;
and
22
2.
The
commercial
registered
agent
maintaining
the
regis
-
23
tered
office
consents
to
the
use
of
its
address
as
the
lim
-
24
ited
liability
company's
principal
office;
25
(3)
The
information
required
by
section
30
-
21
-
404(a),
Idaho
Code;
26
(4)
The
name
and
mailing
address
of
at
least
one
(1)
governor
of
the
com
-
27
pany;
and
28
(5)
If
the
company
is
a
professional
entity,
a
statement
that
the
com
-
29
pany
is
a
professional
limited
liability
company
and
the
principal
30
profession
or
professions
for
which
the
company's
members
are
duly
31
licensed
or
otherwise
legally
authorized
to
render
professional
ser
-
32
vices.
33
(c)
A
certificate
of
organization
may
contain
statements
as
to
matters
34
other
than
those
required
by
subsection
(b)
of
this
section,
but
may
not
35
vary
or
otherwise
affect
the
provisions
specified
in
section
30
-
25
-
105(c)
36
and
(d),
Idaho
Code,
in
a
manner
inconsistent
with
that
section.
However,
a
37
statement
in
a
certificate
of
organization
is
not
effective
as
a
statement
38
of
authority.
The
secretary
of
state
shall
not
accept
operating
agreements
39
for
filing.
40
(d)
A
limited
liability
company
is
formed
when
the
certificate
of
or
-
41
ganization
becomes
effective.
42

2
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
1
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
2
July
1,
2026.
3