---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the State Public Defender Act."
description: "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the State Public Defender Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 236"
citation: "Idaho H 236 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "ACTS", "APPEALS", "APPEALS", "ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEYS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER", "STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENSE COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8dd9ca-51d5-41fa-9fa7-a1acceb9ff81"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0236/"
source_hash: "53c53b9ddd5dc54a74fdfc2df5f2f0372ea197e3de087e523163e64e058e1588"
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 236 (2023) — STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the State Public Defender Act.

## 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/H0236.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – — **54–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-16-0AYES – Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Sauter, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Boyle, Chew, Crane(13), Ehardt, Gallagher, Gannon, Hawkins, Lambert, Mendive, Price, Redman, Rubel, Scott, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsors - Weber & CannonTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-10** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `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`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bjerke, Foreman, Hart, Lenney, Okuniewicz, ToewsAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle 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 220 Effective: 07/01/2023 SECTION 3, 16, 18-22, 32, 34, & 40; 07/01/2024 SECTION 1, 2, 4, 5-10, 12-15, 23-31, 33, & 35-39; 10/01/2024 SECTION 11; 07/01/2025 SECTION 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b8dd9ca-51d5-41fa-9fa7-a1acceb9ff81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).