---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Relates to the appropriation to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2021."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Relates to the appropriation to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 579"
citation: "Idaho H 579 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION", "PUBLIC BROADCASTING", "TELEVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f96177-8311-4e2e-ae2b-afa97752095c"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0579/"
source_hash: "7a26e62baa1ab49184a8fd0511865180e6de74e1d450ab83c8b53df6171328cb"
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 579 (2020) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Relates to the appropriation to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2021.

## 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/H0579.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **36–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2020-03-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 36-31-3AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Chew, Clow, Collins, Davis, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Mason, McCrostie, Moyle, Necochea, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Kiska, Marshall, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Nichols, Palmer, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, ZitoAbsent – Armstrong, Wood, ZollingerFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2020-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bayer, Den Hartog, Grow, Harris, Rice, VickAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NyeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 12:30 p.m. on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Reported Signed by Governor on March 18, 2020 Session Law Chapter 189 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/b5f96177-8311-4e2e-ae2b-afa97752095c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).