---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of private moneys for the administration of elections."
description: "ELECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of private moneys for the administration of elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1168"
citation: "Idaho S 1168 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "DISTRICTS", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b511e2b8-6f1f-4dd7-a263-cd9947fc22f5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1168/"
source_hash: "c6264721a64565791849f22040f09529a3663476694a4bf3288e69f62c9e3214"
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 1168 (2021) — ELECTIONS – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of private moneys for the administration of elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1168A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1168.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1168E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **64–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2021-03-15** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2021-03-16** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2021-03-16** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2021-03-16** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-16** Amendments reported printed
- **2021-03-16** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2021-03-16** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2021-03-17** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2021-03-18** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Winder, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – Burgoyne, Martin, Nelson, Rabe, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-04-06** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, April 19, 2021
- **2021-04-19** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 64-3-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Davis(Burns), DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, von Ehlinger, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – McCrostie, Nash, RubelAbsent – Furniss, Gibbs, YamamotoFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-22** Reported delivered to Governor at 3 p.m. on 04/21/21
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor on 04/22/21 Session Law Chapter 275 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/b511e2b8-6f1f-4dd7-a263-cd9947fc22f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).