---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots for a primary election."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots for a primary election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1064"
citation: "Idaho S 1064 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a3bf349-fc45-4f8d-b72c-b10804391642"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1064/"
source_hash: "6be5ee1d0001a84ff9a7f6bd845b2a0879ec3abf3b8cec6d3b7e29187ca8c81b"
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 1064 (2021) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots for a primary election.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1064.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **29–6** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 52 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 11, read in full as required – — **48–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2021-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-02** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZitoNAYS – Guthrie, Harris, Nye, Rabe, Wintrow, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - RiggsTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-03-03** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2021-05-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-05-05** Rules Suspended: Ayes 52 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 11, read in full as required – PASSED - 48-11-10AYES – Adams, Addis(Smith), Amador, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Kingsley, Manwaring, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Chew, Davis, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Nash, Necochea, Rubel, Ruchti, TooneAbsent – Andrus, Armstrong, Clow, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Kauffman, Lickley, Syme, Weber, Vacant-Dist. 6AFloor Sponsor - YoungTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-05-05** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-05-05** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:30 a.m. on 05/06/21
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor on 05/10/21 Session Law Chapter 323 Effective: 07/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a3bf349-fc45-4f8d-b72c-b10804391642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).