---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRITICAL GROUND WATER AREAS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain administration on a time priority basis."
description: "CRITICAL GROUND WATER AREAS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain administration on a time priority basis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 371"
citation: "Idaho H 371 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["IRRIGATION", "WATER", "WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07a0dccf-4005-46b0-b9f9-61ee7a870a90"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0371/"
source_hash: "d6de014cbb95c25fb1634ee85a9afd3d49b3ba19a2ee70993ad9b93cc50f1053"
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 371 (2018) — CRITICAL GROUND WATER AREAS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain administration on a time priority basis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0371.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **23–10** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2018-01-30** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-01** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Chilcote), 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, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-26** Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-10-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Crabtree, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Stennett, WinderNAYS – Bayer, Burgoyne, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Harris, Potts, Souza, Thayn, VickAbsent and excused – Hagedorn, Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - BrackettTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-02-28** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-02-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-02** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 1, 2018
- **2018-03-07** Reported Signed by Governor on March 7, 2018 Session Law Chapter 41 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07a0dccf-4005-46b0-b9f9-61ee7a870a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).