---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into certain voluntary contracts and agreements."
description: "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into certain voluntary contracts and agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1098"
citation: "Idaho S 1098 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca87286-b6d3-4dd2-bb9f-dbee62ba7742"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1098/"
source_hash: "2f5a811c6e4ff1991164655290f36929e03e8b7ef27193dbba7eb0d91158b933"
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 1098 (2023) — ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY – Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into certain voluntary contracts and agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1098A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1098.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1098E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2023-02-23** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-03-02** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2023-03-02** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2023-03-02** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-02** Amendments reported printed
- **2023-03-02** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2023-03-02** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2023-03-03** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – LakeyFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House
- **2023-03-13** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-13** Read First Time, Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2023-03-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-16-4AYES – Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Sauter, Shepherd, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Crane(12), Crane(13), Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mitchell, Palmer, Price, Scott, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – Alfieri, Allgood, Rubel, SkaugFloor Sponsor - WheelerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-23** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:25 a.m. on 03/24/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor on 03/27/23 Session Law Chapter 153 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca87286-b6d3-4dd2-bb9f-dbee62ba7742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).