---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding electioneering activities near polling places, to provide certain qualifications, and to revise penalties for violations."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding electioneering activities near polling places, to provide certain qualifications, and to revise penalties for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1244"
citation: "Idaho S 1244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4440170e-cb2f-4352-bd5f-f195aa941c67"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1244/"
source_hash: "97cfa36f62a39779efb7ee3447fbe337e7bb25f588b2ede97a2700021ef04ef5"
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 1244 (2024) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding electioneering activities near polling places, to provide certain qualifications, and to revise penalties for violations.

## 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/S1244.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **57–12** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-12-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HartgenTitle 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`
- **2024-03-20** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 57-12-1AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Skaug, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Price, Redman, Scott, Tanner, WisniewskiAbsent – YoungFloor Sponsor - SauterTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-20** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:40 p.m. on 03/21/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Governor on 03/26/24 Session Law Chapter 195 Effective: 03/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4440170e-cb2f-4352-bd5f-f195aa941c67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).