---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding a false report of explosives and to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places."
description: "FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding a false report of explosives and to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1019"
citation: "Idaho S 1019 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "POLICE", "IDAHO STATE", "REPORTS", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4008e31-16da-4401-b141-804fe94c4d66"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1019/"
source_hash: "9db0b20ac5e22e3031aba000beac4cc2f3a14f1dcf5977fc91ba3169e1ed19b5"
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 1019 (2025) — FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding a false report of explosives and to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places.

## 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/S1019.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2025-01-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Sessions(Burtenshaw), Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – BjerkeFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-01-31** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-01-31** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-05** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Burgoyne, 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, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott(Scott), Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Bruce, Cannon, Hill, Mathias, Shepherd, ShirtsFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-10** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-10** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:08 p.m. on 03/11/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by Governor on 03/11/25 Session Law Chapter 32 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4008e31-16da-4401-b141-804fe94c4d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).