---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY RECORDERS – Amends existing law to provide for the recording of death certificates and to clarify that certain documents must be recorded."
description: "COUNTY RECORDERS – Amends existing law to provide for the recording of death certificates and to clarify that certain documents must be recorded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1078"
citation: "Idaho S 1078 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "RECORDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a230c05-1eb2-40c2-8e10-82125b3fef3e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1078/"
source_hash: "4c570375ee1bf414ca01a66618b4c88918afafb85a5a618e3139366fcd4e000e"
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 1078 (2021) — COUNTY RECORDERS – Amends existing law to provide for the recording of death certificates and to clarify that certain documents must be recorded.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1078.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2021-02-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-02-22** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Burgoyne, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rabe, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Siddoway(Burtenshaw), Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Van Orden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-02-23** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-04-06** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Davis, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, von Ehlinger, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Armstrong, Bundy, DeMordaunt, GestrinFloor Sponsor - WoodTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-09** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-12** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:34 a.m. on 04/09/21
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor on 04/09/21 Session Law Chapter 167 Effective: 07/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a230c05-1eb2-40c2-8e10-82125b3fef3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).