---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE OF EXTREME EMERGENCY – Adds to and repeals existing law to authorize the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme emergency and to provide that the Governor shall have certain powers, duties, and limitations during a declared state of extreme emergency."
description: "STATE OF EXTREME EMERGENCY – Adds to and repeals existing law to authorize the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme emergency and to provide that the Governor shall have certain powers, duties, and limitations during a declared state of extreme emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1217"
citation: "Idaho S 1217 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISASTERS", "EMERGENCIES", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-05"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/679bf36c-cc71-4424-a379-b9092e793c3e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1217/"
source_hash: "233f43de00009434a6a0fd91502f95af1dac4435d689ceeb6b74f18c0c575c85"
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 1217 (2021) — STATE OF EXTREME EMERGENCY – Adds to and repeals existing law to authorize the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme emergency and to provide that the Governor shall have certain powers, duties, and limitations during a declared state of extreme emergency.

## 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/S1217.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 46 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 15, read in full as required – — **48–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2021-05-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Funk(Souza), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Thayn, Vick, Winder, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – Burgoyne, Fuller(Rabe), Lamar(Nelson), Nye, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-05-05** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
- **2021-05-05** Rules Suspended: Ayes 46 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 15, read in full as required – PASSED - 48-8-13AYES – Adams, Addis(Smith), Amador, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Gannon, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Kingsley, Manwaring, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Chew, Davis, Green, Nash, Necochea, Rubel, TooneAbsent – Andrus, Armstrong, Clow, Galloway, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Kauffman, Lickley, Mathias, Ruchti, Syme, Weber, Vacant-Dist. 6AFloor Sponsor - MonksTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-05-05** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-05-05** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:30 a.m. on 05/06/21
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor on 05/10/21 Session Law Chapter 359 Effective: 05/10/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/679bf36c-cc71-4424-a379-b9092e793c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).