---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends and adds to existing law regarding poultry animal feeding operations; to provide that specified law shall not affect the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce an Idaho NPDES program; to provide that the director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall consult with the director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture before certifying discharges from poultry operations; and to provide for the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program and fund."
description: "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends and adds to existing law regarding poultry animal feeding operations; to provide that specified law shall not affect the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce an Idaho NPDES program; to provide that the director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall consult with the director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture before certifying discharges from poultry operations; and to provide for the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program and fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1218"
citation: "Idaho S 1218 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDS", "POLLUTION", "POULTRY", "WASTES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab6529f-e950-4a1c-933b-e91b331e3887"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1218/"
source_hash: "b8835e06a45c75da37b086856306c183ac2f74e5cac586449293980d5d791e88"
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 1218 (2018) — ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends and adds to existing law regarding poultry animal feeding operations; to provide that specified law shall not affect the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce an Idaho NPDES program; to provide that the director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall consult with the director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture before certifying discharges from poultry operations; and to provide for the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program and fund.

## 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/S1218.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **54–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Reported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2018-02-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-07** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – ForemanAbsent and excused – Jordan, NoniniFloor Sponsor - BayerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-09** Read First Time, Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology
- **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
- **2018-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-22** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 54-12-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Crane, Giddings, Hanks, Kingsley, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Scott, Shepherd, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Boyle, Clow, ManwaringFloor Sponsor - ThompsonTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-02-26** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-02-27** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-02-28** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-02-28** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:45 a.m. on 02/28/18
- **2018-03-01** Signed by Governor on 03/01/18 Session Law Chapter 22 Effective: 03/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ab6529f-e950-4a1c-933b-e91b331e3887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).