---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD – Amends existing law to revise effective date provisions."
description: "IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD – Amends existing law to revise effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 538"
citation: "Idaho H 538 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "ASSESSMENTS AND ASSESSORS", "LIVESTOCK", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1818cd7-1c35-43bf-b344-4050f43cd61a"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0538/"
source_hash: "efa6b86e4f5aebba1f63366a5044649f44dbbaa2c0ce128372cf595d21fad581"
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 538 (2018) — IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD – Amends existing law to revise effective date provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0538.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–4** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2018-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-6-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney(Chaney), Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin(Walton), Gibbs, Hanks, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Malek(Widmyer), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy(Goesling), VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Giddings, Harris, King, Luker, Rubel, WintrowAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-01** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-4-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Burgoyne, Foreman, Jordan, StennettAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2018 Session Law Chapter 217 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1818cd7-1c35-43bf-b344-4050f43cd61a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).