---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide certain deadlines for producing records pursuant to a public records request."
description: "PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide certain deadlines for producing records pursuant to a public records request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 588"
citation: "Idaho H 588 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNMENT", "LEGISLATURE", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23df7f02-e588-4bd5-a63f-69210ddbc4b1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0588/"
source_hash: "52609026f4edeeee402f091b797e70482c0f5de83b55bd21ff83103e291dc4a9"
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 588 (2024) — PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide certain deadlines for producing records pursuant to a public records request.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0588.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-2-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Blanksma, BundyAbsent – Crane(12), WheelerFloor Sponsor - GalavizTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-02-28** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Taylor, Toews(Toews), Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Foreman, Rabe, Semmelroth, WintrowAbsent and excused – LeeFloor Sponsor - RuchtiTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-14** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2024 Session Law Chapter 107 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23df7f02-e588-4bd5-a63f-69210ddbc4b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).