---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEED AND PLANT CERTIFICATION – Amends existing law to remove the requirement that the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station use the administrative rules process to set standards and requirements for seed certification."
description: "SEED AND PLANT CERTIFICATION – Amends existing law to remove the requirement that the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station use the administrative rules process to set standards and requirements for seed certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1248"
citation: "Idaho S 1248 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "PLANTS", "SEEDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b51c4b0f-9bae-4a10-a347-e89de70737cb"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1248/"
source_hash: "2da29ac9a6096c8df92f96b4cc6c94c7054014465852bc4b28c51fe6db495e17"
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 1248 (2020) — SEED AND PLANT CERTIFICATION – Amends existing law to remove the requirement that the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station use the administrative rules process to set standards and requirements for seed certification.

## 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/S1248.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** Reported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2020-02-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, 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 – Brackett, GrowFloor Sponsor - PatrickTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-18** Read First Time, Referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2020-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-02** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-04** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Abernathy, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, 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, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Addis, Chew, SmithFloor Sponsor - KerbyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-05** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-09** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-10** Reported delivered to Governor at 12:02 p.m. on 03/09/20
- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor on 03/10/20 Session Law Chapter 80 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/b51c4b0f-9bae-4a10-a347-e89de70737cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).