--- type: "Bill" title: "APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS – Amends existing law to provide that certain appointments shall be made by the board of county commissioners instead of the Governor." description: "APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS – Amends existing law to provide that certain appointments shall be made by the board of county commissioners instead of the Governor." jurisdiction: "us/states/id" legislature: "Idaho Legislature" session: "2017" identifier: "H 126" citation: "Idaho H 126 (2017)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "APPOINTMENTS", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "BOARDS", "BOARDS", "CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIUMS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTIES", "DISTRICTS", "DISTRICTS", "DISTRICTS", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "GOVERNMENT", "GOVERNMENT", "GOVERNMENT", "RECREATION"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 0 action_count: 30 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-08" last_action: "2017-03-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04863879-284c-4d33-854b-f8c1c2df5a3c" source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0126/" source_hash: "2d39a81129f58869014649696ce8ff50c37eb1a342d6b5ab20cddcfed10b4fd0" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"] --- # Idaho H 126 (2017) — APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS – Amends existing law to provide that certain appointments shall be made by the board of county commissioners instead of the Governor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. ## Votes - Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **33–1** (pass) · legislature - Read Third Time in Full – — **69–1** (pass) · legislature - Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **54–15** (pass) · legislature ## Sponsors - STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-08** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs - **2017-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading - **2017-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading - **2017-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day - **2017-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-1-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew(Gill), Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding(Gugino), Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley(Lohman), Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – PerryAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - GiddingsTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage` - **2017-02-22** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading - **2017-02-22** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction` - **2017-02-28** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment - **2017-03-06** Placed in the Committee of the Whole - **2017-03-06** Amendments ordered printed - **2017-03-06** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading - **2017-03-06** Amendments reported printed - **2017-03-06** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading - **2017-03-07** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading - **2017-03-08** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – BurgoyneAbsent and excused – HeiderFloor Sponsor - HagedornTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage` - **2017-03-09** Returned from the Senate Amended - **2017-03-09** Referred to State Affairs for concurrence recommendation - **2017-03-13** Reported out of Committee and Recommend Concurrence - **2017-03-13** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing - **2017-03-14** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills - **2017-03-14** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading - **2017-03-15** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading - **2017-03-16** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 54-15-1AYES – Anderson, Armstrong, Barbieri, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Nate, Palmer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Wintrow, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Amador, Anderst, Bell, Blanksma, Erpelding, Horman, Moyle, Packer, Perry, Syme, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood, YoungbloodAbsent – MalekFloor Sponsor - GiddingsTitle apvd - to enrol `reading-3, passage` - **2017-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate - **2017-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker - **2017-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House - **2017-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor - **2017-03-22** Delivered to Governor at 9:50 a.m. on March 21, 2017 - **2017-03-24** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2017 Session Law Chapter 128 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04863879-284c-4d33-854b-f8c1c2df5a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).