---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTION OF CITY COUNCILMEN – Amends existing law to require certain cities to establish districts for city councilmen."
description: "ELECTION OF CITY COUNCILMEN – Amends existing law to require certain cities to establish districts for city councilmen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 413"
citation: "Idaho H 413 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNCILS", "DISTRICTS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930cb60d-798a-4f2d-8c9a-87f2db93c9aa"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0413/"
source_hash: "e0966341fd1ecd6fed225795d61fb89df85dfab61bbef9296be5adb9bf04b240"
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 413 (2020) — ELECTION OF CITY COUNCILMEN – Amends existing law to require certain cities to establish districts for city councilmen.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0413.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–16** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **26–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2020-02-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-16-1AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Abernathy, Berch, Chew, Davis, Ellis, Gannon, Green, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Necochea, Raybould, Rubel, Smith, Toone, WintrowAbsent – Horman(Marshall)Floor Sponsor - PalmerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-8-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Hill, Jordan, Nelson, Nye, Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – GrowFloor Sponsor - WinderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2020 Session Law Chapter 269 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/930cb60d-798a-4f2d-8c9a-87f2db93c9aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).