---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding commutations and pardons for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment and to provide for conspiracies to commit certain offenses."
description: "COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding commutations and pardons for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment and to provide for conspiracies to commit certain offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1024"
citation: "Idaho S 1024 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARDONS AND PAROLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dce10689-553a-480f-b9b3-bc2c3cf83053"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1024/"
source_hash: "9e5a345cac14086e8b5040ccb23ae156692e2e5d44bf7ff38b2e12e00832fe9d"
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 1024 (2023) — COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding commutations and pardons for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment and to provide for conspiracies to commit certain offenses.

## 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/2023/legislation/S1024.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2023-01-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-02-09** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley(Crawford), Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – MathiasFloor Sponsor - Dixon(24)Title apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-03** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Reported delivered to Governor at 12 noon on 03/06/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Governor on 03/07/23 Session Law Chapter 18 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dce10689-553a-480f-b9b3-bc2c3cf83053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).