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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joe Addabbo and 1 co-sponsor

Idaho cities/counties must publish permit requirements and meet set timelines to determine completeness, moving applications toward plan review.

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Main purpose

S 1164 creates statutory timelines and transparency requirements for local governments in Idaho that require building permits. The intent is to make permit requirements publicly available and to require local governments to quickly notify applicants whether submissions are complete (so formal plan review can proceed), with distinct timelines for residential and commercial permits.

Key provisions

Adds new Section 39-4117 to Idaho Code (Idaho Building Code Act) — “Processing Building Permits — Timely Review.”

Transparency: local governments that require building permits must publish a detailed document describing their building permit requirements on their website and provide a physical copy on request.

Completeness notice (initial filing):

For residential building permit applications: local government must provide written notice of missing information within 10 business days of receipt if the application is deemed incomplete.
For commercial building permit applications: the analogous deadline is 20 business days.

Completeness review (after submission or revised submission following an incomplete determination):

Local governments have 10 business days (residential) or 20 business days (commercial) to review the (re)submission for completeness and must provide written notice of the determination by the end of that period.
A determination that an application is “complete” does not equal approval; it authorizes the application to proceed to formal plan review.

Extensions: applicant and local government may agree in writing to extend the timelines; the local government must first give written notice explaining why an extension is needed.

Emergency clause and effective date: declared an emergency; the act is effective July 1, 2025.

Who is affected

Local governments (cities, counties, other permitting authorities) that require building permits — they must publish permit requirement documents, adopt the notice procedures and meet the specified timelines (or negotiate written extensions).

Applicants for building permits (homeowners, builders, developers, commercial permit applicants) — gain clearer, enforceable timelines for completeness determinations and predictable next steps toward plan review.

Fiscal and administrative impact

Fiscal note attached by a bill proponent estimates little to no fiscal impact on state or local governments; any costs are expected to be manageable within existing resources and processes.

Administrative impacts are primarily procedural: publishing requirements, creating standard written notices, and meeting or documenting adherence to the timelines (or written extensions).

Additional notes

An amendment during legislative action removed the word “residential” from the bill’s Section 1 and title; the engrossed version applies the 10‑day/20‑day framework to residential and commercial permits respectively (i.e., the statute addresses both types explicitly).

The bill was passed and signed by the Governor and is effective July 1, 2025.

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