---
type: "Bill"
title: "INITATIVES AND REFERENDUMS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide requirements for initiatives and to provide for disclosure of payments made to signature gatherers."
description: "INITATIVES AND REFERENDUMS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide requirements for initiatives and to provide for disclosure of payments made to signature gatherers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 548"
citation: "Idaho H 548 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUMS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9ee651-674e-4e22-a2a8-2ebf3fe0772c"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0548/"
source_hash: "6cf704b68a98d32bed73454eefc04b1968b7b0ac55f0c11dcfa68941ef0a18f5"
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 548 (2020) — INITATIVES AND REFERENDUMS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide requirements for initiatives and to provide for disclosure of payments made to signature gatherers.

## 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/H0548.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **47–12** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **26–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2020-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 47-12-11AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Andrus, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Troy, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Abernathy, Berch, Chew, Davis, Ellis, Gannon, Green, McCrostie, Necochea, Rubel, Toone, WintrowAbsent – Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Crane, Gestrin, Kingsley, Mason, Nichols, Stevenson, Vander Woude, ZollingerFloor Sponsor - AddisTitle 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: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-03-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-5-4AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Thayn, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Nye, Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, Nelson, VickFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle 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
- **2020-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 30, 2020 Session Law Chapter 336 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/ff9ee651-674e-4e22-a2a8-2ebf3fe0772c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).