S1337 • 2026

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding irrigation district directors.

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Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-24
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding irrigation district directors.

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IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding irrigation district directors.

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Bill History

2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported delivered to Governor at 3:45 p.m. on 03/23/26
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by Governor on 03/24/26 Session Law Chapter 114 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0 AYES – 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, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Pickett Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Rundhaug(Carlson), Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Galloway Floor Sponsor - Anthon Title apvd - to House
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

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IRRIGATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding irrigation district directors.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1337
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
IRRIGATION
DISTRICTS;
AMENDING
SECTION
43
-
201,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
2
REVISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
DIRECTORS;
AND
DECLAR
-
3
ING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
43
-
201,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
43
-
201.
ELECTION,
TERM
OF
OFFICE,
NOMINATIONS
AND
QUALIFICATIONS.
(1)
8
Following
the
organization
of
any
district,
an
election
shall
be
held
in
ac
-
9
cordance
with
section
34
-
106,
Idaho
Code,
at
which
shall
be
elected
one
(1)
10
director
for
each
division
of
said
district
by
the
electors
of
the
district
1
1
at
large.
12
(2)
The
term
of
office
of
the
directors
shall,
immediately
after
the
13
first
election
following
such
organization,
be
selected
by
lot
so
that
as
14
nearly
as
may
be
one
-
third
(1/3)
of
the
number
shall
hold
office
for
the
term
15
of
one
(1)
year,
one
-
third
(1/3)
for
the
term
of
two
(2)
years,
and
the
bal
-
16
ance
for
the
term
of
three
(3)
years.
An
election
shall
be
held
in
the
dis
-
17
trict
each
year
thereafter
in
accordance
with
section
34
-
106,
Idaho
Code,
to
18
elect
directors
to
succeed
those
whose
terms
expire.
Each
director's
term
19
of
office
shall
commence
on
the
regularly
scheduled
board
meeting
closest
20
to
the
date
specified
for
taking
office
in
section
34
-
106,
Idaho
Code,
and
21
shall
continue
for
a
term
of
three
(3)
years
and
until
their
successors
are
22
elected
and
qualified.
If
no
director
is
elected
and
qualified
at
the
end
of
23
an
incumbent
director's
three
(3)
year
term,
an
election
shall
be
held
at
the
24
next
regular
election
of
the
irrigation
district
for
the
incumbent
direc
-
25
tor's
successor
to
hold
office
for
the
remainder
of
the
unexpired
term.
This
26
election
requirement
shall
apply
retroactively
where
an
incumbent
director
27
remains
in
office
on
the
date
of
the
effective
date
of
this
act
because
the
28
incumbent's
successor
was
not
elected
and
qualified
in
the
2012
election.
29
(3)
(a)
Every
director
must
be
a
qualified
elector
and
a
resident
of
the
30
division
of
the
director
whom
he
is
to
succeed
in
office;
provided
that
31
the
:
32
(i)
The
district's
bylaws
may,
by
resolution
of
two
-
thirds
(2/3)
33
of
the
board
and
adoption
by
two
-
thirds
(2/3)
of
the
electors
34
voting
in
a
district
election
conducted
in
accordance
with
the
35
general
election
laws
of
the
state
applicable
to
irrigation
dis
-
36
tricts,
set
forth
a
provision
allowing
a
district
landowner
to
37
serve
as
the
director
from
the
division
in
which
the
landowner
owns
38
land,
if
the
landowner
possesses
all
the
qualifications
required
39
of
electors
under
the
general
laws
of
the
state
and
has
resided
40
within
fifteen
(15)
miles
of
the
district
for
a
period
of
at
least
41
thirty
(30)
days
prior
to
the
election
;
provided
further
that
any
42

2
landowner
who
owns
land
in
more
than
one
(1)
division
may
serve
as
1
the
director
only
from
the
division
nearest
which
he
resides.
;
and
2
(ii)
Any
landowner
who
owns
land
in
more
than
one
(1)
division
may
3
serve
as
the
director
only
from
the
division
nearest
which
he
re
-
4
sides.
5
(b)
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
this
subsection,
for
dis
-
6
tricts
of
fifteen
thousand
(15,000)
acres
or
less,
and
upon
approval
of
7
two
-
thirds
(2/3)
of
the
board,
a
district
landowner
may
serve
as
a
di
-
8
rector
from
a
division
in
which
the
landowner
owns
land
as
long
as
the
9
landowner
resides
in
the
county
where
some
portion
of
the
district
is
10
located
or
in
an
adjoining
county.
1
1
(4)
Candidates
for
election
to
the
office
of
director
of
an
irrigation
12
district
shall
be
nominated
by
nominating
petitions
on
forms
provided
by
the
13
district.
Each
nominating
petition
shall:
14
(a)
Identify
the
name
of
the
nominee;
15
(b)
Identify
the
office
for
which
the
nomination
is
made;
16
(c)
Identify
the
term
for
which
nomination
is
made;
17
(d)
Be
signed
by
at
least
six
(6)
electors
in
districts
having
less
than
18
one
hundred
(100)
resident
electors
and
by
at
least
twelve
(12)
electors
19
in
districts
having
more
than
one
hundred
(100)
resident
electors;
and
20
(e)
Be
filed
with
the
secretary
of
the
district
not
less
than
forty
(40)
21
days
or
more
than
sixty
(60)
days
before
the
date
of
election;
and
the
22
names
of
the
persons
so
nominated
shall
be
placed
upon
the
official
bal
-
23
lot
to
be
furnished
by
the
district.
24
(5)
Each
nominee
shall
subscribe
to
a
nominee's
oath
on
a
form
provided
25
by
the
irrigation
district
and
shall
submit
the
oath
to
the
secretary
of
the
26
district
with
the
written
nomination.
The
oath
shall:
27
(a)
Identify
the
land
the
nominee
owns
within
the
district;
28
(b)
Provide
the
address
of
the
nominee's
residence;
29
(c)
Certify
that
the
nominee
meets
the
residency
and
qualification
re
-
30
quirements
of
subsection
(3)
of
this
section
and
section
43
-
111,
Idaho
31
Code;
and
32
(d)
Certify
that
the
nominee
will
meet
such
requirements
on
the
date
of
33
election.
34
The
secretary
of
the
district
shall
verify
the
qualifications
of
each
nom
-
35
inee
and
shall,
no
more
than
seven
(7)
days
after
the
close
of
filing,
cer
-
36
tify
the
qualified
nominees
for
inclusion
on
the
election
ballot.
If
at
any
37
time
prior
to
the
election,
circumstances
change
so
that
a
nominee
no
longer
38
meets
the
qualification
requirements
of
section
43
-
111,
Idaho
Code,
the
nom
-
39
inee
shall
be
disqualified,
shall
not
take
office
if
elected,
and
shall
im
-
40
mediately
file
with
the
secretary
of
the
district
a
written
withdrawal
of
his
41
nomination
for
the
office
of
director.
The
secretary
shall
not
place
on
the
42
election
ballot
the
name
of
any
candidate
that
does
not
meet
the
qualifica
-
43
tion
requirements
of
section
43
-
111,
Idaho
Code.
44
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
45
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
46
July
1,
2026.
47