---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide that certain charter schools must retain a minimum of cash on hand or be subject to revocation proceedings."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide that certain charter schools must retain a minimum of cash on hand or be subject to revocation proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 511"
citation: "Idaho H 511 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc9f081-4ae2-41eb-9121-791ac1c59f6c"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0511/"
source_hash: "265e9dbbfa180a087d143d753afa6441f71be4091435f1260aa2a6f43e31587c"
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 511 (2020) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide that certain charter schools must retain a minimum of cash on hand or be subject to revocation proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0511A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0511.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0511E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2020-02-21** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2020-02-25** Retained on General Orders
- **2020-02-28** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-02-28** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2020-02-28** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2020-02-28** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2020-03-02** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2020-03-02** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2020-03-03** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Chew, Mason, Raymond, Rubel, TroyFloor Sponsor - GoeslingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2020-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - CrabtreeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 287 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/5fc9f081-4ae2-41eb-9121-791ac1c59f6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).