---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY FOR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to protect minors from harmful material on the internet."
description: "LIABILITY FOR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to protect minors from harmful material on the internet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 498"
citation: "Idaho H 498 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "LIABILITY", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7333c24f-1edc-49ab-bb22-191ae09ccfad"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/"
source_hash: "f7c1c2678ce740d4c6b1281a6e67d2b08dcec51e269371d9238b52a04c35beaf"
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 498 (2024) — LIABILITY FOR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to protect minors from harmful material on the internet.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0498.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash(Stinson), Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Chew(Wilson), Dixon(24), TannerFloor Sponsors - Young & PriceTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-02-15** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Retained on calendar
- **2024-03-13** Retained on calendar
- **2024-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – 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, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Adams, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:45 a.m. on March 19, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2024 Session Law Chapter 113 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7333c24f-1edc-49ab-bb22-191ae09ccfad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).