---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that all ballots shall be sealed and stored until after the recount period has passed."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that all ballots shall be sealed and stored until after the recount period has passed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1269"
citation: "Idaho S 1269 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9811c189-f477-404b-ad67-d8fc5285126f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1269/"
source_hash: "f7bd8138de177b08433ef02361b2b6f1fae9c9ed5a99b9fef714b7ab8080d9ba"
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 1269 (2020) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that all ballots shall be sealed and stored until after the recount period has passed.

## 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/S1269.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Brackett, GrowFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-18** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2020-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 2, 2020
- **2020-03-02** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-04** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, 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 – NoneAbsent – Ehardt, Ellis, 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 78 Effective: 03/09/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9811c189-f477-404b-ad67-d8fc5285126f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).