Passed House
Public utilities, terms
PUBLIC UTILITIES – Amends existing law to revise terminology and to clarify specified terms.

RS31220 / S1323

This legislation clarifies that the jurisdiction of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission does not include corporations or others owning, controlling, or operating a water system which delivers water to a single entity that is not subject to regulation by the Commission. It also confirms that homeowners associations, cooperative associations and water districts are not subject to regulation by the Commission.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/12 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
02/13 Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment
03/01 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/04 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/05 Retained on calendar
03/07 Referred to 14th Order for amendment
03/14 Reported out without amendments; referred to: State Affairs
03/19 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/20 Retained on calendar
03/21 Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-8-2
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Den Hartog, Lee, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Wintrow
Absent and excused – Burtenshaw, Ward-Engelking
Floor Sponsor - Toews
Title apvd - to House
03/22 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
03/22 Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
03/28 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
03/29 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
04/02 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 40-30-0
AYES – Andrus, Blanksma, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Crane(12), Crane(13), Durrant, Ehlers, Furniss(Mickelsen), Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Manwaring, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(Humphreys), Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wisniewski, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Bundy, Burns, Chew(Harada), Cornilles, Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Ehardt, Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Horman, Lanting, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Necochea, Nelsen, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Wheeler, Wroten
Absent – None
Floor Sponsor - Skaug
Title apvd - to Senate
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