---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER – Amends existing law to remove a date restriction associated with certain water rights."
description: "WATER – Amends existing law to remove a date restriction associated with certain water rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1273"
citation: "Idaho S 1273 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER", "WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/369ad8d4-e294-4f76-9d47-53a0098609af"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1273/"
source_hash: "7ac455dfe98a775c402ac3da84a086bfaab02c09f8e91692cdefab05527bd61a"
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 1273 (2020) — WATER – Amends existing law to remove a date restriction associated with certain water rights.

## 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/S1273.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2020-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, 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 – Den HartogFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-19** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2020-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Amador, HartgenFloor Sponsor - MendiveTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-12** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-13** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-13** Reported delivered to Governor at 12 noon on 03/13/20
- **2020-03-17** Signed by Governor on 03/16/20 Session Law Chapter 146 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/369ad8d4-e294-4f76-9d47-53a0098609af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).