---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding wireless technology standards."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding wireless technology standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1278"
citation: "Idaho S 1278 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3817b06a-8695-4c78-8ded-b258afef0b45"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1278/"
source_hash: "1fa26c1bde4f3c200d361d3a39a212a2e4eeb6fb92a0cb61073a3e6d09507e2c"
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 1278 (2018) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding wireless technology standards.

## 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/S1278.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **63–2** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **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
- **2018-02-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Johnson, SiddowayFloor Sponsor - MortimerTitle 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 Education
- **2018-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-07** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-2-5AYES – Amador, Anderson, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, 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, Wood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, HanksAbsent – Anderst, Hartgen, Manwaring, Wintrow, YoungbloodFloor Sponsor - McCrostieTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-09** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-12** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-12** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:05 p.m. on 03/12/18
- **2018-03-15** Signed by Governor on 03/15/18 Session Law Chapter 99 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/3817b06a-8695-4c78-8ded-b258afef0b45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).