---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION – Adds to existing law to provide for the offense of criminal abortion, to provide penalties, to provide affirmative defenses, and to provide exceptions."
description: "ABORTION – Adds to existing law to provide for the offense of criminal abortion, to provide penalties, to provide affirmative defenses, and to provide exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1385"
citation: "Idaho S 1385 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/845acf56-7ea3-47dd-9c28-313636e44023"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1385/"
source_hash: "91a6ccbfead1784b5600b0a18e63eb29ac19e6c8ab2bd2c7ef4b5cc783619508"
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 1385 (2020) — ABORTION – Adds to existing law to provide for the offense of criminal abortion, to provide penalties, to provide affirmative defenses, and to provide exceptions.

## 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/S1385.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–7** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **49–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2020-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-7-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Jordan, Nelson, Nye, Shank(Burgoyne), Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – CrabtreeFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-03-12** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2020-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-18** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 49-18-3AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Clow, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Troy(Seegmiller), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Davis, Dixon, Ellis, Gannon, Giddings, Green, Kiska, Mason, McCrostie, Necochea, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Toone, Wintrow, Wisniewski, WoodAbsent – Abernathy, Berch, ChristensenFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:10 p.m. on 03/19/20
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor on 03/24/20 Session Law Chapter 284 Effective: When the US Supreme Court or the US Constitution restores to the states their authority to prohibit abortion. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/845acf56-7ea3-47dd-9c28-313636e44023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).