---
type: "Bill"
title: "IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the grouping of certain lands for assessment purposes."
description: "IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the grouping of certain lands for assessment purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1289"
citation: "Idaho S 1289 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSESSMENTS AND ASSESSORS", "DISTRICTS", "IRRIGATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/496bd4e9-c6bf-49a9-95cc-c9fdffff312e"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1289/"
source_hash: "ce907779e58ffbb418c1b51cd3a85b6b27882dd2c789522d93471eac45f4b150"
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 1289 (2020) — IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the grouping of certain lands for assessment purposes.

## 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/S1289.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-07** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2020-02-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – 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, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – MortimerFloor Sponsor - BrackettTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-24** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
- **2020-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-16** PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, 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, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy(Seegmiller), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – ChaneyFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to Senate
- **2020-03-16** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-17** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-17** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-17** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:26 p.m. on 03/17/20
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Governor on 03/18/20 Session Law Chapter 176 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/496bd4e9-c6bf-49a9-95cc-c9fdffff312e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).