---
type: "Bill"
title: "BEAR LAKE – Adds to existing law to recognize Bear Lake’s benefits and to provide for its enhancement, protection, and preservation."
description: "BEAR LAKE – Adds to existing law to recognize Bear Lake’s benefits and to provide for its enhancement, protection, and preservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1112"
citation: "Idaho S 1112 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c90bdaf-a86c-4e73-8daf-77dd8045eaf1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1112/"
source_hash: "632780e53ee265512dfa2d206597d7b768fb314af3b993cbc84fd5bc7170b835"
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 1112 (2023) — BEAR LAKE – Adds to existing law to recognize Bear Lake’s benefits and to provide for its enhancement, protection, and preservation.

## 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/2023/legislation/S1112.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2023-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-13** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation `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 - 69-0-1AYES – Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – AlfieriFloor 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`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor on 03/29/23 Session Law Chapter 176 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/7c90bdaf-a86c-4e73-8daf-77dd8045eaf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).