---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO WRONGFUL CONVICTION ACT – Amends Senate Bill 1027 to revise provisions regarding compensation related to a wrongful conviction."
description: "IDAHO WRONGFUL CONVICTION ACT – Amends Senate Bill 1027 to revise provisions regarding compensation related to a wrongful conviction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1200"
citation: "Idaho S 1200 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-07"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd93770-5752-49cb-bf74-2330bfd6209d"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1200/"
source_hash: "16b14bc18c704aaddf0c635b3e8385a9654bfa13f671c608da453344022561b9"
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 1200 (2021) — IDAHO WRONGFUL CONVICTION ACT – Amends Senate Bill 1027 to revise provisions regarding compensation related to a wrongful conviction.

## 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/S1200A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1200.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1200E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended in House – Previously Read in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the House – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-07** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2021-04-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-13** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rabe, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - RicksTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-04-14** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2021-04-16** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2021-04-20** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2021-04-20** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2021-04-20** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2021-04-20** Filed for First Reading
- **2021-04-21** Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
- **2021-04-22** Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, April 26, 2021
- **2021-04-26** Read third time in full as amended in House – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Davis(Burns), DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Giddings, Green(Morales), Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, von Ehlinger, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Barbieri, Erickson, GibbsFloor Sponsor - WeberTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned from House, amended
- **2021-04-26** Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
- **2021-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2021-04-27** Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
- **2021-04-30** Read second time as amended in the House, filed for Third Reading
- **2021-05-03** Read third time as amended in the House – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Funk(Souza), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lamar(Nelson), Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nye, Patrick, Reider(Rabe), Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – JohnsonFloor Sponsor - RicksTitle apvd - to enrol `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-05-04** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-05-05** Reported delivered to Governor at 9:15 a.m. on 05/05/21
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Governor on 05/05/21 Session Law Chapter 304 Effective: 05/05/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd93770-5752-49cb-bf74-2330bfd6209d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).