---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act."
description: "UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1001"
citation: "Idaho S 1001 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS", "SPEECH", "UNIFORM AND MODEL LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd05268-df20-4e80-8ea6-fee765d633f9"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1001/"
source_hash: "c7b0376ea86e70c7a9b341a9af1782199d5a0eef921cd2ca04af5b68375ce34e"
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 1001 (2025) — UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT – Adds to existing law to establish the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.

## 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/2025/legislation/S1001.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2025-01-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Sessions(Burtenshaw), Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – AnthonAbsent and excused – Galloway, RabeFloor Sponsor - LenneyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-01-28** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 24, 2025
- **2025-02-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-25** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 3, 2025
- **2025-03-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church(Caldwell), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-06** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-06** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:20 p.m. on 03/07/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by Governor on 03/10/25 Session Law Chapter 17 Effective: 01/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd05268-df20-4e80-8ea6-fee765d633f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).