---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICT JUDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the appointed term of certain district judges."
description: "DISTRICT JUDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the appointed term of certain district judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1288"
citation: "Idaho S 1288 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e07187b-2894-43ec-afd4-38652c45bb31"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1288/"
source_hash: "bef3f29e901b88fc77140b2e330a07a5da73dc678b24b186344ef0eb6b80e241"
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 1288 (2022) — DISTRICT JUDGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the appointed term of certain district judges.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1288.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2022-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-25** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Funk(Souza), Rice, VickFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-02-28** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2022-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-0-8AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chew, Christensen, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, McCann, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Chaney, Clow, DeMordaunt, Manwaring, Mathias, McCrostie, Rubel, TroyFloor Sponsor - HartgenTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-15** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-17** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-17** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:46 p.m. on 03/17/22
- **2022-03-21** Signed by Governor on 03/21/22 Session Law Chapter 85 Effective: 03/21/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e07187b-2894-43ec-afd4-38652c45bb31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).