---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding school district trustees."
description: "SCHOOL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding school district trustees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1280"
citation: "Idaho S 1280 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb6bd02-3752-45f2-a678-057eef1263e5"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1280/"
source_hash: "5550e6172eae4ec0ac6749784899daa718d43507c1570f4ae85ba1ad48c9ebf6"
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 1280 (2018) — SCHOOL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding school district trustees.

## 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/S1280.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **22–11** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–18** (pass) · upper

## 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 State Affairs
- **2018-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-11-2AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Heider, Hill, Keough, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Nonini, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Vick, WinderNAYS – Anthon, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Harris, Johnson, Jordan, Lee, Nye, Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – Mortimer, ThaynFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-03-01** Read First Time, Referred to Education
- **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** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-18-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Syme, Thompson, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Youngblood, Zito, ZollingerNAYS – Blanksma, Chew, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Horman(Reed), King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Manwaring, McCrostie, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Toone, VanOrden, Wood, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Barbieri, WintrowFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-16** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:26 p.m. on 03/15/18
- **2018-03-20** Signed by Governor on 03/20/18 Session Law Chapter 164 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/8eb6bd02-3752-45f2-a678-057eef1263e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).