---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide that certain personal information shall be exempt from disclosure."
description: "PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide that certain personal information shall be exempt from disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1338"
citation: "Idaho S 1338 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "IDENTITY AND NAMES", "PRIVACY", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522f0735-3e16-40a6-8c4a-95546e409f53"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1338/"
source_hash: "e8eb4f4152906645837f020e56da8fa5325e8e80955da6d3833524bc64b6a6d5"
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 1338 (2020) — PUBLIC RECORDS ACT – Amends existing law to provide that certain personal information shall be exempt from disclosure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1338A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1338.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1338E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2020-02-24** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2020-02-25** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-02-25** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2020-02-25** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2020-02-26** Amendments reported printed
- **2020-02-26** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2020-02-26** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2020-02-27** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2020-02-28** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – BurtenshawFloor Sponsor - JohnsonTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-02** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-03-02** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2020-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy(Seegmiller), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Berch, Nichols, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - YoungTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-18** Reported delivered to Governor at 6:19 p.m. on 03/18/20
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor on 03/24/20 Session Law Chapter 279 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/522f0735-3e16-40a6-8c4a-95546e409f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).