---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation."
description: "WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1248"
citation: "Idaho S 1248 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "SEWERS", "WAGES", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f20a06-7576-4eed-89c9-d26265c847f6"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1248/"
source_hash: "19b580da2e75e110b5fd5f01dff77dea98c934c078a4247d5f30dc787507d389"
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 (2022) — WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation.

## 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/2022/legislation/S1248.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **65–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Reported Printed; referred to Local Government & Taxation
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-04** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-07** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, McClusky(Heider), Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – BurtenshawFloor Sponsor - VickTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-02-08** Read First Time, Referred to Local Government
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-25** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-2-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma(Blanksma), Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen(Hubbard), Clow, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Ferch(Gempler), Furniss, Galloway(Hancock), Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley(Baldwin), Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Necochea, Nichols(Brooks), Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Boyle, NateAbsent – DeMordaunt, Erickson, WeberFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-01** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-02** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:37 a.m. on 03/02/22
- **2022-03-07** Signed by Governor on 03/07/22 Session Law Chapter 16 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f20a06-7576-4eed-89c9-d26265c847f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).