---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO STATE POLICE – Adds to and amends existing law to establish the Blue Alert system in Idaho when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public, or when a peace officer becomes missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for such peace officer’s safety."
description: "IDAHO STATE POLICE – Adds to and amends existing law to establish the Blue Alert system in Idaho when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public, or when a peace officer becomes missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for such peace officer’s safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1004"
citation: "Idaho S 1004 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e1b1d3d-f0b4-4974-b82b-a6312fc29a13"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1004/"
source_hash: "3d556b974c7b001a6fb865a513e6c15b5a179c5cbdfffa963352e1d3085988ec"
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 1004 (2019) — IDAHO STATE POLICE – Adds to and amends existing law to establish the Blue Alert system in Idaho when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public, or when a peace officer becomes missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for such peace officer’s safety.

## 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/S1004.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2019-01-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-01-28** Retained on calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Rohn(Buckner-Webb), Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - CheathamTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-01-30** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-01-30** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2019-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-03-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-0-12AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis(Goldman), Dayley, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Hartgen, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Scott(Paterson), Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Amador, Chew, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Troy, WintrowFloor Sponsor - GiddingsTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-15** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-20** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:05 p.m. on 03/20/19
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor on 03/21/19 Session Law Chapter 142 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/6e1b1d3d-f0b4-4974-b82b-a6312fc29a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).