---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DISTRICTS – Amends and repeals existing law to clarify that certain notice shall be required for temporary vacancy of a commissioner; to revise provisions regarding filling a vacancy; to provide a procedure if available seats on a fire protection board become vacant; and to authorize the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to make grants to fire districts."
description: "FIRE DISTRICTS – Amends and repeals existing law to clarify that certain notice shall be required for temporary vacancy of a commissioner; to revise provisions regarding filling a vacancy; to provide a procedure if available seats on a fire protection board become vacant; and to authorize the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to make grants to fire districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1309"
citation: "Idaho S 1309 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICTS", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396332c5-68a3-4696-bc89-c33e73668358"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1309/"
source_hash: "c2f525e8e768b5c8870fb6c9dd4b8b9d901a255ecc0d1d7026709f9ec4c120da"
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 1309 (2018) — FIRE DISTRICTS – Amends and repeals existing law to clarify that certain notice shall be required for temporary vacancy of a commissioner; to revise provisions regarding filling a vacancy; to provide a procedure if available seats on a fire protection board become vacant; and to authorize the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to make grants to fire districts.

## 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/S1309.pdf)
2. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1309E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** Reported Printed; referred to Local Government & Taxation
- **2018-02-21** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2018-02-28** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2018-02-28** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2018-02-28** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2018-02-28** Amendments reported printed
- **2018-02-28** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2018-02-28** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2018-03-01** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2018-03-05** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, 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 – AnthonFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-03-06** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2018-03-07** Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
- **2018-03-07** Referred to Local Government
- **2018-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-1-5AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman(Reed), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, 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, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – ArmstrongAbsent – Barbieri, Clow, Crane, Kingsley, WintrowFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle 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 168 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/396332c5-68a3-4696-bc89-c33e73668358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).