---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends and repeals existing law to consolidate presidential primaries with the primary election."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends and repeals existing law to consolidate presidential primaries with the primary election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 138"
citation: "Idaho H 138 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99c535a-2b8a-4b24-a2ca-53ebd22658b3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0138/"
source_hash: "9d141e046d8726f16729c442a91d50a0cbd6fa7d0512c0eea5cb8e42c48abd81"
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 138 (2023) — ELECTIONS – Amends and repeals existing law to consolidate presidential primaries with the primary election.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0138.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2023-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-6-3AYES – Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Ehardt, Gallagher, Kingsley, Price, WisniewskiAbsent – Handy, Hawkins, SkaugFloor Sponsor - ManwaringTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-03-20** Reported out without amendments; filed for second reading
- **2023-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-11-1AYES – Adams, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Foreman, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-24** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-24** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Delivered to Governor at 9 a.m. on March 28, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on March 30, 2023 Session Law Chapter 208 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e99c535a-2b8a-4b24-a2ca-53ebd22658b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).