---
type: "Bill"
title: "MAGISTRATE’S DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT – Amends existing law to revise how funding is provided to magistrates."
description: "MAGISTRATE’S DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT – Amends existing law to revise how funding is provided to magistrates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 643"
citation: "Idaho H 643 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "GOVERNMENT", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79e8379b-a973-4f20-a101-7cd0cfbc9236"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0643/"
source_hash: "74bb895752249577407c151a5e8335d03a9281e7793ed4e8cadc9e29753fa887"
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 643 (2018) — MAGISTRATE’S DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT – Amends existing law to revise how funding is provided to magistrates.

## 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/H0643.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2018-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-17-0AYES – Amador, Blanksma, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moon, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Youngblood, Zito, ZollingerNAYS – Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Dixon, Harris, Manwaring, Mendive, Monks, Moyle, Raybould, Thompson, Wood, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - LukerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WinderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-21** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-21** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-22** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor at 9:25 a.m. on March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2018 Session Law Chapter 264 Effective: 03/26/2018 SECTION 1; 07/01/2018 SECTION 2 & 3; 07/01/2023 SECTION 4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79e8379b-a973-4f20-a101-7cd0cfbc9236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).