---
type: "Bill"
title: "KNIVES – Adds to existing law to provide that a political subdivision shall not enact certain rules, ordinances, or taxes regarding knives, to provide certain exceptions, and to provide that certain rules and ordinances from a political subdivision shall be null and void."
description: "KNIVES – Adds to existing law to provide that a political subdivision shall not enact certain rules, ordinances, or taxes regarding knives, to provide certain exceptions, and to provide that certain rules and ordinances from a political subdivision shall be null and void."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 620"
citation: "Idaho H 620 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "GOVERNMENT", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "SALES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TAX AND TAXATION", "TRANSPORTATION", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b7caf3-e078-4cda-adec-c948f8bc9fa5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0620/"
source_hash: "da502e011e8db116c2dd1ead82a5a7e9525777bdfc170c71f644c90af5dc2623"
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 620 (2024) — KNIVES – Adds to existing law to provide that a political subdivision shall not enact certain rules, ordinances, or taxes regarding knives, to provide certain exceptions, and to provide that certain rules and ordinances from a political subdivision shall be null and void.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0620A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0620.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0620E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-29** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2024-03-08** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-03-08** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2024-03-08** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2024-03-08** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2024-03-11** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2024-03-11** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2024-03-12** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 56-13-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(McKnight), 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, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Gannon, Green, Handy, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, Rubel, WrotenAbsent – GalavizFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Retained on calendar
- **2024-03-25** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-7-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, WinderNAYS – Just, Rabe, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Shea(Ruchti)Floor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-27** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Delivered to Governor at 3:27 p.m. on March 27, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2024 Session Law Chapter 221 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/d9b7caf3-e078-4cda-adec-c948f8bc9fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).