---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARMS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the prohibition of regulation of certain firearms and to prohibit certain regulation of firearms."
description: "FIREARMS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the prohibition of regulation of certain firearms and to prohibit certain regulation of firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1205"
citation: "Idaho S 1205 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64611716-d4bb-43a1-9f0a-176b57ecd229"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1205/"
source_hash: "b2e609b2c281f3287eba3cac53b6f2d3a89320313db8b7641720c24ef52a0d12"
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 1205 (2021) — FIREARMS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the prohibition of regulation of certain firearms and to prohibit certain regulation of firearms.

## 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/S1205.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **55–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2021-04-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-20** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Winder, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – Burgoyne, Nelson, Nye, Rabe, Stennett, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-04-21** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2021-04-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-29** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, May 3, 2021
- **2021-05-03** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 55-11-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Davis, Gannon, Green, Mathias, McCrostie, Nash, Necochea, Rubel(Dittrich), Ruchti, TooneAbsent – Berch, DeMordaunt, Kingsley, Vacant-Dist. 6AFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **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
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor on 05/10/21 Session Law Chapter 329 Effective: Retroactive to 01/20/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64611716-d4bb-43a1-9f0a-176b57ecd229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).