---
type: "Bill"
title: "WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS – Amends existing law to provide that facility dogs shall be allowed to remain at the witness stand with a child during testimony in certain instances."
description: "WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS – Amends existing law to provide that facility dogs shall be allowed to remain at the witness stand with a child during testimony in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S 1089"
citation: "Idaho S 1089 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CHILDREN", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES", "WITNESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58203f1-a0f0-446f-948a-38486e96cfe0"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/S1089/"
source_hash: "6a702bdb4fb80a09f874ec167644ab2f3a4585f466f835ab013a545b45f97213"
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 S 1089 (2017) — WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS – Amends existing law to provide that facility dogs shall be allowed to remain at the witness stand with a child during testimony in certain instances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–1** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-13** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2017-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Smith(Rice), Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – JohnsonFloor Sponsor - KeoughTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2017-02-24** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2017-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-16** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-1-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – BarbieriAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - DixonTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 9:35 a.m. on 03/22/17
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor on 03/27/17 Session Law Chapter 176 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/a58203f1-a0f0-446f-948a-38486e96cfe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).