---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the order of candidate names on a ballot."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the order of candidate names on a ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "H 511"
citation: "Idaho H 511 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ee1ccc-bc42-4184-9830-09e5e75e7ee2"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/H0511/"
source_hash: "0d42916153ba4751c4d30f0fe282b019b8cb3bd84bd655026618911e561aeff9"
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 H 511 (2022) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the order of candidate names on a ballot.

## 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/2022/legislation/H0511.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-10** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-02-11** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon(Beiswenger), Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Armstrong, Boyle, Cannon, Hartgen, Okuniewicz, Wood(Critchfield)Floor Sponsor - NashTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2022-02-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – LodgeFloor Sponsor - BurgoyneTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2022-03-16** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2022-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2022-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 9:55 a.m. on March 18, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2022 Session Law Chapter 99 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1ee1ccc-bc42-4184-9830-09e5e75e7ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).