---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide that certain records of the Public Defense Commission shall be exempt from disclosure."
description: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide that certain records of the Public Defense Commission shall be exempt from disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1284"
citation: "Idaho S 1284 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "ATTORNEYS", "RECORDS", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4305281-f24a-47be-9383-dfff1916cbaf"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1284/"
source_hash: "54ef33bcfb78cabed69861f0b62bf0f52a9a215aa75973757d79277a8d0d1ee4"
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 1284 (2020) — PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide that certain records of the Public Defense Commission shall be exempt from disclosure.

## 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/S1284.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2020-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Grow, 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 – Den HartogFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-19** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2020-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-10** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-03-11** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Boyle, Green, Mason, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - WintrowTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-12** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-13** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-13** Reported delivered to Governor at 12 noon on 03/13/20
- **2020-03-16** Signed by Governor on 03/15/20 Session Law Chapter 128 Effective: 03/15/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4305281-f24a-47be-9383-dfff1916cbaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).