republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2020/h-615.md

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Bill	WATER – Amends existing law to provide that a party asserting that a water right has been forfeited has the burden of proving the forfeiture, to provide that certain water rights shall not be lost or forfeited for nonuse, and to provide for third-party claims of right.	WATER – Amends existing law to provide that a party asserting that a water right has been forfeited has the burden of proving the forfeiture, to provide that certain water rights shall not be lost or forfeited for nonuse, and to provide for third-party claims of right.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2020	H 615	Idaho H 615 (2020)	bill	WATER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT	enacted		1	17	2	2020-03-09	2020-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/746b3d3d-5c0d-4df8-b00a-6755d61be429	http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0615/	cf30ba1db8654fb80c1753c736575117e077a3435edaa7f3d551f8b1fa055ec3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 615 (2020) — WATER – Amends existing law to provide that a party asserting that a water right has been forfeited has the burden of proving the forfeiture, to provide that certain water rights shall not be lost or forfeited for nonuse, and to provide for third-party claims of right.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 6, read in full as required – — 65–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time in full – — 32–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-09 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2020-03-09 Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
• 2020-03-12 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-13 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
• 2020-03-13 Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 6, read in full as required – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Abernathy, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Addis, Collins, Gestrin, Kiska, LickleyFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-16 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2020-03-16 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment introduction
• 2020-03-16 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
• 2020-03-18 Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - BrackettTitle apvd - to House reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-19 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
• 2020-03-19 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
• 2020-03-19 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-19 Signed by President; returned to House
• 2020-03-19 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
• 2020-03-19 Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 296 Effective: 07/01/2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/746b3d3d-5c0d-4df8-b00a-6755d61be429. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).