---
type: "Bill"
title: "SECRETARY OF STATE – Amends existing law to update the duties of the Secretary of State."
description: "SECRETARY OF STATE – Amends existing law to update the duties of the Secretary of State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 378"
citation: "Idaho H 378 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "REPORTS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f72a240-82e9-4c04-b430-9e36296772d0"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0378/"
source_hash: "0bb8c4b2ab116090bba2dbf48671eb96e7865243defeb46b81ba9780b7911353"
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 378 (2018) — SECRETARY OF STATE – Amends existing law to update the duties of the Secretary of State.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0378.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2018-01-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-01-23** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Wolf), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ZitoTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-01-31** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LodgeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-02-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-02-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-02-07** Delivered to Governor at 11:05 a.m. on February 6, 2018
- **2018-02-07** Reported Signed by Governor on February 7, 2018 Session Law Chapter 2 Effective: Retroactive to 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/7f72a240-82e9-4c04-b430-9e36296772d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).