---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a Choose Life Idaho specialty license plate."
description: "TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a Choose Life Idaho specialty license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1249"
citation: "Idaho S 1249 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "LICENSE PLATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e61b4e-d1cc-4481-a0b6-4cd0de3e985f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1249/"
source_hash: "4d3210e236b44a742b2d633650366343010f1e57afed3556f63ad376c6dfbc44"
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 S 1249 (2020) — TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a Choose Life Idaho specialty license plate.

## 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/S1249.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **55–12** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **26–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Reported Printed; referred to Transportation
- **2020-02-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-11** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-9-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, WinderNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Jordan, Lee, Nelson, Nye, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BayerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-12** Read First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense
- **2020-02-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-12-3AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Abernathy, Berch, Chew, Ellis, Gannon, Green, Mason, Necochea, Rubel, Smith, Toone, WintrowAbsent – Armstrong, McCrostie, TroyFloor Sponsor - CraneTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-02** Reported delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on 02/28/20
- **2020-03-04** Signed by Governor on 03/03/20 Session Law Chapter 42 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/a4e61b4e-d1cc-4481-a0b6-4cd0de3e985f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).