---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of the State Public Defender and indigent public defense in this state."
description: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of the State Public Defender and indigent public defense in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1181"
citation: "Idaho S 1181 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "GOVERNMENT", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d8b00b4-b9a5-4007-9cf3-68bdeca1f9c3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1181/"
source_hash: "0a756a67783f99e84da654b4f6708ee9af82e47337f1462f086774a50c0f82de"
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 1181 (2025) — PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of the State Public Defender and indigent public defense in this state.

## 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/2025/legislation/S1181.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2025-03-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-25** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2025-04-02** Take bill off General Orders; filed for second reading
- **2025-04-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 65-2-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Miller, RubelAbsent – Clow, Crane(13), GreenFloor Sponsor - ManwaringTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported delivered to Governor at 12:26 p.m. on 04/04/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor on 04/14/25 Session Law Chapter 329 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d8b00b4-b9a5-4007-9cf3-68bdeca1f9c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).