---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARY BOARD ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to change library board elections from once every six years to once every four years."
description: "LIBRARY BOARD ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to change library board elections from once every six years to once every four years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1235"
citation: "Idaho S 1235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICTS", "EDUCATION", "LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/615e91f9-17f5-4d43-958d-c2f21e4e0e72"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1235/"
source_hash: "8c93ac71289ba81f6be8bd7e2ce167fdeb2e3c4fd75a8432a0b875c6f65f8dbe"
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 1235 (2024) — LIBRARY BOARD ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to change library board elections from once every six years to once every four years.

## 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/S1235.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-12-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Rabe, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - HerndonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-02-07** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-9-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, 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, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Crane(12)Title apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-22** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-25** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:42 p.m. on 03/25/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Governor on 03/26/24 Session Law Chapter 199 Effective: 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/615e91f9-17f5-4d43-958d-c2f21e4e0e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).