---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC LIBRARIES – Amends existing law to provide that a public library’s Internet safety policy shall apply to any publicly accessible wireless Internet access provided by the library."
description: "PUBLIC LIBRARIES – Amends existing law to provide that a public library’s Internet safety policy shall apply to any publicly accessible wireless Internet access provided by the library."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 194"
citation: "Idaho H 194 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c935033-4b90-4ac6-a161-e441ff05a334"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0194/"
source_hash: "b3aba916ccf5c64bea45e9f4ffd6d9cfcbff8b60c5375cf2b38e82226149af7b"
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 194 (2019) — PUBLIC LIBRARIES – Amends existing law to provide that a public library’s Internet safety policy shall apply to any publicly accessible wireless Internet access provided by the library.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0194A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0194.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0194E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **63–5** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–3** (pass) · upper
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2019-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-3-0AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Giddings, Troy(Maurin), ZitoAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ClowTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-03-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2019-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2019-03-21** Amendments ordered printed
- **2019-03-21** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2019-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2019-03-21** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2019-03-22** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-26** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lent, Martin, McCoy(Buckner-Webb), Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Brackett, Crabtree, Harris, Jordan, Lee, Lodge, Nelson, Rice, Stennett, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - MortimerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Returned from the Senate Amended
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Education for concurrence recommendation
- **2019-03-28** Reported out of Committee and Recommend Concurrence
- **2019-03-28** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2019-03-29** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2019-03-29** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2019-04-01** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-04-02** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 63-5-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew(Toevs), Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis(Page), Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Ellis, Giddings, Green(2), Scott, ZitoAbsent – Christensen, WagonerFloor Sponsor - ClowTitle apvd - to enrol `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-04** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-04-04** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-04-05** Delivered to Governor at 1:50 p.m. on April 4, 2019
- **2019-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2019 Session Law Chapter 313 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c935033-4b90-4ac6-a161-e441ff05a334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).