---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER RESOURCES – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to receive, file, record, or retain documents of record on media other than paper."
description: "WATER RESOURCES – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to receive, file, record, or retain documents of record on media other than paper."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 329"
citation: "Idaho H 329 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf14081-32f9-4570-ab3b-7a8dbe163a5c"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0329/"
source_hash: "4c9fdaf40dd65b63f06eff26acdfb17b48cdc939595ea971d5d5ea5f9bfae6b5"
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 329 (2020) — WATER RESOURCES – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to receive, file, record, or retain documents of record on media other than paper.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0329.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2020-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-14** 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, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Horman(Marshall), Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – HoltzclawFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-17** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-17** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-02** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Brackett, LentFloor Sponsor - MortimerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-04** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Reported Signed by Governor on March 9, 2020 Session Law Chapter 56 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf14081-32f9-4570-ab3b-7a8dbe163a5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).