---
type: "Bill"
title: "WOLVES – Amends existing law to provide that wolf collaring will be continued as a management tool for certain packs."
description: "WOLVES – Amends existing law to provide that wolf collaring will be continued as a management tool for certain packs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1275"
citation: "Idaho S 1275 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH AND GAME", "LEGISLATURE", "WILDLIFE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726cfd96-7a78-4726-b52f-5a543d41ff12"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1275/"
source_hash: "1643d72f59c11fa36d5bd2820a9d48b3ef69b9e341c644acef9ce6c7f5e63cfe"
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 1275 (2018) — WOLVES – Amends existing law to provide that wolf collaring will be continued as a management tool for certain packs.

## 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/S1275.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2018-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-21** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2018-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-08** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-1-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow(Hale), Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – KingAbsent – Chaney, Gannon(5)Floor Sponsor - KerbyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-09** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-13** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-14** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:11 a.m. on 03/13/18
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Governor on 03/19/18 Session Law Chapter 147 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/726cfd96-7a78-4726-b52f-5a543d41ff12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).