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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VOTING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding voting by persons convicted of felonies in other states."
+description: "VOTING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding voting by persons convicted of felonies in other states."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
+legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "H 698"
+citation: "Idaho H 698 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "CORRECTION DEPARTMENT", "CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "ELECTIONS", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-16"
+last_action: "2026-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1125bff-c926-45aa-a83f-3e9bb666517e"
+source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0698/"
+source_hash: "95cbd6d4cea5c283bbb232f652feeadd81f2e1cd4497bd0b2e015ac999174aee"
+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 H 698 (2026) — VOTING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding voting by persons convicted of felonies in other states.
+
+## 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/H0698.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
+- **2026-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
+- **2026-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, 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, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Galaviz, SauterFloor Sponsor - GarnerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
+- **2026-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
+- **2026-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
+- **2026-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 64 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/c1125bff-c926-45aa-a83f-3e9bb666517e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).
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