---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that public school facilities shall be made available as polling places."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that public school facilities shall be made available as polling places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 270"
citation: "Idaho H 270 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/045d17a4-09f0-45c6-8266-892d6f864f1d"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0270/"
source_hash: "fba2303ab8fcc551f7a4bb7f61dbc89ddcceff78d64f94c06758d4ace7c25380"
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 270 (2019) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to provide that public school facilities shall be made available as polling places.

## 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/H0270.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – — **61–7** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **22–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2019-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-20** Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 61-7-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Chaney, Chew, Collins, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Amador, Christensen, Crane, Gannon, Giddings, McCrostie, MoyleAbsent – Boyle, ClowFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-03-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-26** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-12-1AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Brackett, Burtenshaw, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Stennett, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Bayer, Burgoyne, Cheatham, Guthrie, Jordan, Lee, Lent, McCoy(Buckner-Webb), Patrick, Rice, Souza, ThaynAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - LodgeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-28** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-04-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 10:10 a.m. on April 1, 2019
- **2019-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2019 Session Law Chapter 283 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/045d17a4-09f0-45c6-8266-892d6f864f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).