---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove the official date of a political party change by an elected official."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove the official date of a political party change by an elected official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 13"
citation: "Idaho H 13 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c31f8c-e03c-45ee-9290-a8386d65bafa"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0013/"
source_hash: "ee3e5b047e964de589013e83cffa8d8f15bc108894e294c376c56e4a7c8667f9"
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 13 (2017) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove the official date of a political party change by an elected official.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-01-17** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2017-01-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-01-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-01-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-2-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive(Mendive), Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel(Green), Scott, Shepherd, Smith(Nye), Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Giddings, HoltzclawAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ManwaringTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-01-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-02-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-08** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – PatrickFloor Sponsor - SiddowayTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-02-10** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-13** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-02-14** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-02-15** Delivered to Governor at 11:10 a.m. on February 14, 2017
- **2017-02-16** Reported Signed by Governor on February 16, 2017 Session Law Chapter 21 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c31f8c-e03c-45ee-9290-a8386d65bafa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).