---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions for write-in candidates."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions for write-in candidates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1268"
citation: "Idaho S 1268 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a94286-f9e9-4b88-a887-7646f81718f8"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1268/"
source_hash: "a9c8e4e2ca881dc6d6431f0900272c60e50106a35945a0d96e758e9a67c36561"
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 1268 (2020) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions for write-in candidates.

## 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/S1268A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1268.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1268E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2020-02-05** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2020-02-18** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-02-18** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2020-02-18** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2020-02-19** Amendments reported printed
- **2020-02-19** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2020-02-19** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2020-02-20** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2020-02-24** Read third time in full as amended – Retained on calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Buckner-Webb, Jordan, LodgeFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-26** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-26** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **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** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-1-2AYES – Abernathy, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, 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, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – BerchAbsent – Addis, SmithFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-05** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-09** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-10** Reported delivered to Governor at 12:02 p.m. on 03/09/20
- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor on 03/09/20 Session Law Chapter 69 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/a7a94286-f9e9-4b88-a887-7646f81718f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).