---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEACE OFFICERS – Amends existing law to authorize a peace officer to arrest a person without a warrant in certain instances."
description: "PEACE OFFICERS – Amends existing law to authorize a peace officer to arrest a person without a warrant in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 209"
citation: "Idaho H 209 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bcebd9b-4b92-406f-927e-01a21fb07c0f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0209/"
source_hash: "4f51eda24789a677c7cc5dd9440e950aebc94e19baac34df21d9a3a9ba394afc"
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 209 (2019) — PEACE OFFICERS – Amends existing law to authorize a peace officer to arrest a person without a warrant in certain instances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0209.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **47–22** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **28–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **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 - 47-22-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Monks, Moyle, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy(Maurin), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Christensen, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Green(2), Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Nichols, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – KauffmanFloor Sponsor - GoeslingTitle 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: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-4-3AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Mathias(Buckner-Webb), Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Johnson, Lent, VickAbsent and excused – Burtenshaw, Grow, LeeFloor Sponsor - ThaynTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 25, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2019 Session Law Chapter 207 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bcebd9b-4b92-406f-927e-01a21fb07c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).