---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for weighting in a public charter school’s lottery for certain disadvantaged students."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for weighting in a public charter school’s lottery for certain disadvantaged students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 512"
citation: "Idaho H 512 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a248eeac-839b-4a4b-8fb2-082c80d92cfb"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0512/"
source_hash: "c076df1310322d362b4d389f5b4b580f7df26b4ac148f4255490740205556e41"
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 512 (2020) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for weighting in a public charter school’s lottery for certain disadvantaged students.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0512.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **38–27** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **31–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2020-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 38-27-5AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Chew, Clow, Davis, Ellis, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Moon, Necochea, Palmer, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Toone, Wagoner, Wintrow, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Amador, Blanksma, Chaney, Christensen, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Giddings, Harris, Horman, Kingsley, Kiska, Monks, Moyle, Raybould(Erickson), Scott, Stevenson, Syme, Troy, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Armstrong, Gestrin, Mason, Nichols, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-03** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-0-4AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Crabtree, Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2020 Session Law Chapter 322 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/a248eeac-839b-4a4b-8fb2-082c80d92cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).