---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS – Amends existing law to clarify that private land surveyors may access private land."
description: "ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS – Amends existing law to clarify that private land surveyors may access private land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1037"
citation: "Idaho S 1037 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df3c43e8-26db-4de3-b4fa-1a367f34d216"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1037/"
source_hash: "36c0fce8aa38f8eac6074079d8ca16549b6a51436296028bae6418016fc7f4da"
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 1037 (2019) — ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS – Amends existing law to clarify that private land surveyors may access private land.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1037A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1037.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1037E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **45–19** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended – — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2019-02-13** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2019-02-28** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2019-02-28** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2019-02-28** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-28** Amendments reported printed
- **2019-02-28** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2019-02-28** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2019-03-01** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2019-03-04** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Grow, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Harris, VickAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-03-05** Read First Time, Referred to Business
- **2019-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 45-19-6AYES – Abernathy, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Berch, Blanksma, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Davis(Goldman), Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Goesling, Green(18), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Moon, Nichols, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Addis, Barbieri, Christensen, Collins, Crane, Ehardt, Gibbs, Giddings, Green(2), Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Monks, Moyle, Scott(Paterson), Stevenson, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Amador, Boyle, Horman, Palmer, Ricks, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - GestrinTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-15** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-20** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:05 p.m. on 03/20/19
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor on 03/21/19 Session Law Chapter 149 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df3c43e8-26db-4de3-b4fa-1a367f34d216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).