---
type: "Bill"
title: "GROUND WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to provide for emergency assessments, to provide for mitigation by a district due to noncompliance of a member and for the levy of special assessments, and to provide a procedure associated with certain district assessments."
description: "GROUND WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to provide for emergency assessments, to provide for mitigation by a district due to noncompliance of a member and for the levy of special assessments, and to provide a procedure associated with certain district assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1041"
citation: "Idaho S 1041 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ef29f9-1331-4ad0-bfa0-552bc87f2714"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1041/"
source_hash: "78da89f6d872f9c377f7866b187383cf3305a6782f5e8278eb14152623c9050c"
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 1041 (2019) — GROUND WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to provide for emergency assessments, to provide for mitigation by a district due to noncompliance of a member and for the levy of special assessments, and to provide a procedure associated with certain district assessments.

## 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/2019/legislation/S1041.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (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.

- **2019-01-31** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2019-02-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-07** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BairTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-08** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-02-08** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2019-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – RicksFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-25** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-02-26** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on 02/25/19
- **2019-02-26** Signed by Governor on 02/26/19 Session Law Chapter 33 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ef29f9-1331-4ad0-bfa0-552bc87f2714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).