---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise the county election records that shall be retained for a specified number of years and provides that the statewide voter registration database shall constitute the register of electors."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise the county election records that shall be retained for a specified number of years and provides that the statewide voter registration database shall constitute the register of electors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 386"
citation: "Idaho H 386 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "RECORDS", "RECORDS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f0b44e-4599-4a96-9ae0-6d6c31fb51b8"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0386/"
source_hash: "666f193c3b26994762344ca1c8d3a4e6fa33994f013f4c3738611310189e2f8b"
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 386 (2018) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise the county election records that shall be retained for a specified number of years and provides that the statewide voter registration database shall constitute the register of electors.

## 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/H0386.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2018-02-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-15** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-0AYES – 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, 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 – NoneHouse seat 5A is vacantFloor Sponsor - SmithTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-16** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-16** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-06** 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 - SiddowayTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-08** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-09** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:25 a.m. on March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-14** Reported Signed by Governor on March 14, 2018 Session Law Chapter 78 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41f0b44e-4599-4a96-9ae0-6d6c31fb51b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).