---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABSENTEE BALLOTS – Amends existing law to provide for an investigation if an absentee ballot is returned to the county clerk as undeliverable."
description: "ABSENTEE BALLOTS – Amends existing law to provide for an investigation if an absentee ballot is returned to the county clerk as undeliverable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1352"
citation: "Idaho S 1352 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994c0b92-da4c-406c-b3e1-77b8c3ad3715"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1352/"
source_hash: "5bb1de3e1ca8d7a10b2f59cf06c59eb919864aa22560f8d7c7fcb2304aaf5320"
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 1352 (2022) — ABSENTEE BALLOTS – Amends existing law to provide for an investigation if an absentee ballot is returned to the county clerk as undeliverable.

## 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/S1352.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 61 Nays 7 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2022-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-07** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – BayerFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-03-08** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2022-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Rules Suspended: Ayes 61 Nays 7 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring(Tovey), Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – DeMordaunt, HarrisFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-22** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-23** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on 03/23/22
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/23/22 Session Law Chapter 173 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/994c0b92-da4c-406c-b3e1-77b8c3ad3715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).