---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION – Appropriates $5,804,800 to the Public Defense Commission for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 6.00; provides legislative intent regarding the allocation of trustee and benefit payments in fiscal years 2018 and 2019; and provides legislative intent regarding encumbrances in fiscal years 2018 and 2019."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION – Appropriates $5,804,800 to the Public Defense Commission for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 6.00; provides legislative intent regarding the allocation of trustee and benefit payments in fiscal years 2018 and 2019; and provides legislative intent regarding encumbrances in fiscal years 2018 and 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1346"
citation: "Idaho S 1346 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-08"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632c30ad-8a87-4fb3-8451-1738b3221737"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1346/"
source_hash: "0611bb4e5eef790536efc50accf61070fb95c616da0849c269c913411ff910e4"
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 1346 (2018) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION – Appropriates $5,804,800 to the Public Defense Commission for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 6.00; provides legislative intent regarding the allocation of trustee and benefit payments in fiscal years 2018 and 2019; and provides legislative intent regarding encumbrances in fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

## 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/S1346.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **65–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FINANCE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-08** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Reported Printed; referred to Finance
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Crabtree, 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 – Buckner-Webb, Den HartogFloor Sponsor - AgenbroadTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-03-14** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
- **2018-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-16** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-3-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, 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, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Manwaring, PackerAbsent – Barbieri, GibbsFloor Sponsor - YoungbloodTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-20** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:35 p.m. on 03/20/18
- **2018-03-26** Became law without Governor’s signature on 03/26/18 Session Law Chapter 248 Effective: 03/26/2018 SECTION 5 & 6; 07/01/2018 all other SECTIONS `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/632c30ad-8a87-4fb3-8451-1738b3221737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).