---
type: "Bill"
title: "AMBULANCE DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize ambulance districts to enter into cooperative agreements with fire protection districts and others."
description: "AMBULANCE DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize ambulance districts to enter into cooperative agreements with fire protection districts and others."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 491"
citation: "Idaho H 491 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "DISTRICTS", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be35026-2f82-4add-a6f8-5457b1dd047b"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0491/"
source_hash: "6557f11f6211a9def18c1ec92775521c2d8de34c33c6cfacb6697c04e01bd33a"
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 H 491 (2020) — AMBULANCE DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize ambulance districts to enter into cooperative agreements with fire protection districts and others.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0491.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
- **2020-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Armstrong, McCrostieFloor Sponsors - Toone & RaymondTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-12** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – BurgoyneFloor Sponsor - StennettTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 2:50 p.m. on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Reported Signed by Governor on March 18, 2020 Session Law Chapter 183 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be35026-2f82-4add-a6f8-5457b1dd047b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).