---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY JAILS – Adds to existing law to authorize the use of a temporary guard or private security service in certain instances."
description: "COUNTY JAILS – Adds to existing law to authorize the use of a temporary guard or private security service in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1279"
citation: "Idaho S 1279 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "JAILS", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48841560-3282-4808-afc1-eceb14c3de98"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1279/"
source_hash: "3ac329802124fd0a672a2b5e08db2045246741cf3d3282f0c85d6c87a99c28e4"
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 1279 (2022) — COUNTY JAILS – Adds to existing law to authorize the use of a temporary guard or private security service in certain instances.

## 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/S1279.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **59–8** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-09** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-24** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Funk(Souza), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Crabtree, Rice, VickFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-02-25** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2022-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-18** Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 59-8-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Ehardt(Zollinger), Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Dixon, Gannon, Mathias, Moyle, Nash, Necochea, RubelAbsent – DeMordaunt, Manwaring, WisniewskiFloor Sponsor - HartgenTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-21** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-22** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:25 p.m. on 03/22/22
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Governor on 03/28/22 Session Law Chapter 281 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/48841560-3282-4808-afc1-eceb14c3de98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).