---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots and the counting of absentee ballots."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots and the counting of absentee ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020spcl"
identifier: "S 1001"
citation: "Idaho S 1001 (2020spcl)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-24"
last_action: "2020-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b9b712-dfb8-48a9-ab01-3a7010e646e9"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020spcl/legislation/S1001/"
source_hash: "9aa200cce3aea5301da59380ad50117cf6bee98e3993e2df26746e52c3fbbeec"
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 1001 (2020spcl) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the issuance of absentee ballots and the counting of absentee ballots.

## 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/2020spcl/legislation/S1001A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020spcl/legislation/S1001.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020spcl/legislation/S1001E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 63 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 7, read in full as required – — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-24** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-08-24** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2020-08-24** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2020-08-24** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-08-24** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2020-08-24** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2020-08-24** Amendments reported printed
- **2020-08-24** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2020-08-24** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2020-08-24** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Buckner-Webb, JordanFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-08-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-08-25** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **2020-08-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-08-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 63 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 7, read in full as required – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis(Just), Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason(Nash), McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Young, Youngblood(Parrott), Zito, Zollinger, von Ehlinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Abernathy, DeMordaunt, Kiska, WoodFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-08-26** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-08-26** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-08-26** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-08-26** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-08-26** Reported delivered to Governor at 9:06 p.m. on 08/26/20
- **2020-08-26** Signed by Governor on 08/27/20 Session Law Chapter 1 Effective: 08/27/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70b9b712-dfb8-48a9-ab01-3a7010e646e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).