---
type: "Bill"
title: "ANIMALS – Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of working animals."
description: "ANIMALS – Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of working animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1241"
citation: "Idaho S 1241 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "ENTERTAINMENT", "FISH and GAME", "FORESTS AND FORESTRY", "GOVERNMENT", "LIVESTOCK", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/997f95c5-ff61-4a14-81f4-a1b2d914facb"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1241/"
source_hash: "e072d08bd626bf80d669acc7dfc175f2acfd1562a5553653db03fe3be6f8a101"
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 1241 (2026) — ANIMALS – Adds to existing law to provide for the protection of working animals.

## 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/2026/legislation/S1241A2.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1241.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1241E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Reported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-02-25** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-02-25** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2026-02-25** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2026-02-26** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-02-26** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2026-02-26** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2026-02-27** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Retained on calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 31-3-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Rabe, Semmelroth, TaylorAbsent and excused – GallowayFloor Sponsor - ShippyTitle apvd - to House
- **2026-03-05** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-05** Read First Time, Referred to Agricultural Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Hall(Stone), Manwaring, RubelFloor Sponsor - ShirtsTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-20** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:22 p.m. on 03/23/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by Governor on 03/23/26 Session Law Chapter 105 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/997f95c5-ff61-4a14-81f4-a1b2d914facb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).