---
type: "Bill"
title: "FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law related to meetings, compensation, and the powers and duties of the board of commissioners of a flood control district."
description: "FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law related to meetings, compensation, and the powers and duties of the board of commissioners of a flood control district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 161"
citation: "Idaho H 161 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DISTRICTS", "EMERGENCIES", "FLOODS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d92fd091-695a-4bbf-b9ab-8f45bdd2c82f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0161/"
source_hash: "a029f4dacab2d3cb9e1133ebbbbb2a887852af81c3a69fa93f755dbdb58e94a4"
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 H 161 (2025) — FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law related to meetings, compensation, and the powers and duties of the board of commissioners of a flood control district.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0161.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **57–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 17, 2025
- **2025-02-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 57-13-0AYES – Achilles, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Cayler, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-19** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Lakey, Lent, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Adams, Foreman, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - TaylorTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:40 a.m. on March 19, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2025 Session Law Chapter 154 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d92fd091-695a-4bbf-b9ab-8f45bdd2c82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).