---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT – Appropriates $67,899,900 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 382; transfers $1.5 million from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund and requires an annual report; expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Water Pollution Control Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding certain moneys appropriated for agricultural best management practices; and expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT – Appropriates $67,899,900 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 382; transfers $1.5 million from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund and requires an annual report; expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Water Pollution Control Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding certain moneys appropriated for agricultural best management practices; and expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S 1187"
citation: "Idaho S 1187 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4729b1b5-2d3d-458b-badb-337e1dd387b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/S1187/"
source_hash: "a37a9bff72915daa42986da3d375004b4a9ad2e894f59f0e8668630f6f78a1a5"
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 1187 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT – Appropriates $67,899,900 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 382; transfers $1.5 million from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund and requires an annual report; expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Water Pollution Control Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding certain moneys appropriated for agricultural best management practices; and expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- FINANCE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Reported Printed; referred to Finance
- **2017-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Patrick, StennettFloor Sponsor - BairTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2017-03-21** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2017-03-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-15-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Harris, Hixon, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Packer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Holtzclaw, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Perry, Scott, Shepherd, Syme, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – DeMordaunt, HartgenFloor Sponsor - DixonTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-29** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-29** Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/17
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Governor on 04/06/17 Session Law Chapter 291 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/4729b1b5-2d3d-458b-badb-337e1dd387b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).