---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE JUDICIARY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding membership of and appointments to the judicial council, to revise a provision regarding a duty of the judicial council, to provide for certain duties of the judicial council, and to provide for nonpartisan ballots for the election of judges of the court of appeals."
description: "STATE JUDICIARY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding membership of and appointments to the judicial council, to revise a provision regarding a duty of the judicial council, to provide for certain duties of the judicial council, and to provide for nonpartisan ballots for the election of judges of the court of appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1148"
citation: "Idaho S 1148 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COUNCILS", "COURTS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb80521-2156-4195-bdc9-33c8fdea35d1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1148/"
source_hash: "ecc44cca4496d106e8e5ad83eb06514b51a90082c14d38fb8f9c09e91cce5005"
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 1148 (2023) — STATE JUDICIARY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding membership of and appointments to the judicial council, to revise a provision regarding a duty of the judicial council, to provide for certain duties of the judicial council, and to provide for nonpartisan ballots for the election of judges of the court of appeals.

## 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/S1148.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2023-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-4-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Taylor, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Rabe, Ruchti, WintrowAbsent and excused – Semmelroth, ToewsFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-16** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-11-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Burns, Chew, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Nash, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - SkaugTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-24** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on 03/24/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor on 03/30/23 Session Law Chapter 210 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/4bb80521-2156-4195-bdc9-33c8fdea35d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).