---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize water districts to charge certain fees."
description: "WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize water districts to charge certain fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1305"
citation: "Idaho S 1305 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICTS", "FEES", "MEETINGS", "PUBLIC", "RESOLUTIONS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e51cf3-26ee-43de-9ef3-32e3a1ca30d9"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1305/"
source_hash: "92a4ae89f06781f4ca6397884afae92f9a80f4f8095c6eb32ee904d8fcaafc08"
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 1305 (2026) — WATER DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to authorize water districts to charge certain fees.

## 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/S1305.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Retained on calendar
- **2026-03-04** Retained on calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, Shippy, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - VanOrdenTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-06** Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation `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`
- **2026-03-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-11-0AYES – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Leavitt, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Cayler, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Scott, Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-23** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:45 p.m. on 03/23/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by Governor on 03/24/26 Session Law Chapter 110 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/96e51cf3-26ee-43de-9ef3-32e3a1ca30d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).