---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to provide that a board of county commissioners may apply for funds for extraordinary litigation costs."
description: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to provide that a board of county commissioners may apply for funds for extraordinary litigation costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1258"
citation: "Idaho S 1258 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "LITIGATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e694f756-0eb9-4be9-8d8e-1bc1c23936f4"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1258/"
source_hash: "2488d3feb74d0544f938ebc6f3f1727168c4899ea3db3f260450f221a870a921"
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 1258 (2018) — PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to provide that a board of county commissioners may apply for funds for extraordinary litigation costs.

## 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/S1258.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2018-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-21** 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 - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-22** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2018-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6AYES – Amador, Anderson, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman(Reed), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Gibbs, Monks, TroyFloor Sponsor - ZollingerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-15** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:35 a.m. on 03/15/18
- **2018-03-20** Signed by Governor on 03/20/18 Session Law Chapter 162 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/e694f756-0eb9-4be9-8d8e-1bc1c23936f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).