---
type: "Bill"
title: "SMALL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF THE MAGISTRATE DIVISION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the scope of a claim and attorney’s fees."
description: "SMALL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF THE MAGISTRATE DIVISION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the scope of a claim and attorney’s fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1330"
citation: "Idaho S 1330 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "MONEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a67bce-0125-4713-b5ba-0f4d5cc25394"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1330/"
source_hash: "f574637808d95368ecf0016488a4116b3e2508e9318df0413caea3ef1262bab9"
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 1330 (2026) — SMALL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF THE MAGISTRATE DIVISION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the scope of a claim and attorney’s fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1330A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1330.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1330E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2026-03-10** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-03-13** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-03-13** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2026-03-13** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-16** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-03-16** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2026-03-16** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-17** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - GallowayTitle apvd - to House
- **2026-03-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-19** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Hall(Stone), Haws, WheelerFloor Sponsor - ShirtsTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-26** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Reported delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on 03/27/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by Governor on 03/27/26 Session Law Chapter 196 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a67bce-0125-4713-b5ba-0f4d5cc25394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).