---
type: "Bill"
title: "VOTING – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in Idaho."
description: "VOTING – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in Idaho."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 179"
citation: "Idaho H 179 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c652533-ae60-4b8e-9c12-0ff9b542adbd"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0179/"
source_hash: "b44e3525f3f90b31cb34b4946fdf46d396a93ce70fc162cfd3710618dd830842"
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 179 (2023) — VOTING – Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in Idaho.

## 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/H0179.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **56–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2023-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 56-12-2AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Manwaring, Mathias, Necochea, Nelsen, Roberts, RubelAbsent – Green, NashFloor Sponsor - HawkinsTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-08** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ZuiderveldTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on March 23, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2023 Session Law Chapter 135 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/7c652533-ae60-4b8e-9c12-0ff9b542adbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).