---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to apply provisions regarding tobacco products to electronic smoking devices as well."
description: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to apply provisions regarding tobacco products to electronic smoking devices as well."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 538"
citation: "Idaho H 538 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SMOKING", "TOBACCO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c70426-75a8-4e58-9d26-e2775ad9f2b4"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0538/"
source_hash: "49aa30857554de6f5b946302a40f99aef9d23e4fc817d9b4feca8e65ad449d75"
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 538 (2020) — HEALTH – Amends existing law to apply provisions regarding tobacco products to electronic smoking devices as well.

## 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/H0538.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **38–32** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **27–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2020-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-05** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 38-32-0AYES – Abernathy, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Chew, Clow, Davis, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Necochea, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Addis, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Holtzclaw, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - WoodTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-09** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-6-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Bayer, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Lent, Rice, VickAbsent and excused – Grow, NelsonFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle 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
- **2020-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2020 Session Law Chapter 318 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/28c70426-75a8-4e58-9d26-e2775ad9f2b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).