---
type: "Bill"
title: "ATTORNEY GENERAL – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a duty of the Attorney General."
description: "ATTORNEY GENERAL – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a duty of the Attorney General."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1251"
citation: "Idaho S 1251 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS", "GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703163d8-42be-4f27-9221-857617604005"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1251/"
source_hash: "5966033c54bc2faa2b439a955b40e7642d9859dbefbfb0562960aeaddb5e1cec"
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 1251 (2026) — ATTORNEY GENERAL – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a duty of the Attorney General.

## 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/2026/legislation/S1251.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-3-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Bjerke(Keyser), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Rabe, Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – Okuniewicz, ToewsFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-02-16** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2026-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-5-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Garner, Haws, MickelsenAbsent – ShepherdFloor Sponsor - ShirtsTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-18** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on 03/19/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by Governor on 03/23/26 Session Law Chapter 101 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/703163d8-42be-4f27-9221-857617604005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).