---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding the Idaho Rural Development Partnership."
description: "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding the Idaho Rural Development Partnership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1294"
citation: "Idaho S 1294 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "DEVELOPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a364b8-d288-4044-a97f-703e6eda4ed3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1294/"
source_hash: "e485dd658c271e0e515d8a56e703cf814a7f792758388f03d11e4b7b98eb9078"
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 1294 (2024) — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding the Idaho Rural Development Partnership.

## 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/2024/legislation/S1294.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **38–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2024-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Retained on calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-3-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Foreman, Forsmann(Carlson), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, WintrowNAYS – Den Hartog, Lenney, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – WinderFloor Sponsor - RicksTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-02-29** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 38-32-0AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Berch, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(24), Durrant, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wroten, YamamotoNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Cannon, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - FurnissTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-22** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-25** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:42 p.m. on 03/25/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor on 03/26/24 Session Law Chapter 202 Effective: 07/01/2024 SECTION 1-8; 01/01/2027 SECTION 9 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a364b8-d288-4044-a97f-703e6eda4ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).