---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns."
description: "CIVIL RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 538"
citation: "Idaho H 538 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL RIGHTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "GOVERNMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b53185-f1f7-4633-8498-fa5e05fe4f7a"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0538/"
source_hash: "d53629d870f88dbc1824d21149464b6765db3eb9b1351f40934d061e8cfe8896"
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 538 (2024) — CIVIL RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns.

## 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/H0538.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **58–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-22** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-26** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-27** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-28** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-29** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-01** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 4, 2024
- **2024-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-05** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-06** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-06** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day; objection
- **2024-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-08** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-14** Read Third Time in Full – U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-15** PASSED - 58-11-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – WheelerFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 25-9-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Hartgen, Just, Lee, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – SchroederFloor Sponsor - TrakelTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-04-03** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on April 3, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Reported Signed by Governor on April 8, 2024 Session Law Chapter 314 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/b2b53185-f1f7-4633-8498-fa5e05fe4f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).