S 1187 Idaho Senate · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AREAS – Amends Senate Bill 1133 to revise the Agricultural Protection Area Act.

This bill revises Idaho's process for adding land to or removing land from agricultural protection areas. It requires county officials to make written decisions on applications within 60 days, including specific justifications, and automatically adopts the commission's recommendation if deadlines are missed. Landowners seeking to add land must follow the new review process, while those wanting to remove land can request hardship-based exceptions and face a 10-year minimum removal timeline. The bill also allows counties to charge administrative fees covering actual costs for processing changes. These changes directly affect Idaho landowners and county planning officials managing farmland protection.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Apr 4, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 28, 2025 · House Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

340
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 28, 2025
D Democratic5
4 Yea 1
80% Yea
R Republican30
30 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Apr 4, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor on 04/04/25 Session Law Chapter 308 Effective: 04/04/2025
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-0-6AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, P
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - AdamsTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed; referred to Local Government & Taxation
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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