---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES – Amends existing law to provide for the defensive display or declaration of a firearm and to provide that the defensive display or declaration of a firearm shall not be required in certain instances."
description: "PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES – Amends existing law to provide for the defensive display or declaration of a firearm and to provide that the defensive display or declaration of a firearm shall not be required in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1173"
citation: "Idaho S 1173 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553a731d-bd4b-4eb9-b7ad-7c25dd641b57"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1173/"
source_hash: "bbd8e14fec058691ef89e9fc48e2e64da8b4443b76b86156a73345fdf5d01973"
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 1173 (2023) — PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES – Amends existing law to provide for the defensive display or declaration of a firearm and to provide that the defensive display or declaration of a firearm shall not be required in certain instances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1173A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1173.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1173E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **18–17** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **60–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2023-03-20** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-03-22** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2023-03-22** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2023-03-22** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Amendments reported printed
- **2023-03-22** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2023-03-22** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2023-03-23** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 18-17-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Ricks, Schroeder, Trakel, VanOrden, WinderNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Just, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-24** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 60-10-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Burns, Chew, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Nash, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-29** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-30** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-30** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:50 p.m. on 03/30/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor on 04/04/23 Session Law Chapter 295 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/553a731d-bd4b-4eb9-b7ad-7c25dd641b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).