---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – Amends existing law to provide for a petition for a waiver or variance from an administrative rule."
description: "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – Amends existing law to provide for a petition for a waiver or variance from an administrative rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1283"
citation: "Idaho S 1283 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT", "GOVERNMENT", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76580ebd-cd18-487f-9787-703b57935cf9"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1283/"
source_hash: "55f9480f1b478258a282c26bd2226504cd882c5294681c85386a85694550c040"
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 1283 (2020) — ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – Amends existing law to provide for a petition for a waiver or variance from an administrative rule.

## 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/S1283.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–3** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **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
- **2020-02-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-3-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Burgoyne, Jordan, StennettAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AgenbroadTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-20** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-20** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2020-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-18** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy(Seegmiller), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Abernathy, Berch, Davis, RemingtonFloor Sponsor - CraneTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:10 p.m. on 03/19/20
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor on 03/24/20 Session Law Chapter 277 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/76580ebd-cd18-487f-9787-703b57935cf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).