---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove entities registered with the federal election commission from the definition of a “political committee.”"
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove entities registered with the federal election commission from the definition of a “political committee.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1251"
citation: "Idaho S 1251 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5009b277-2c7d-416d-9923-83edeea4aba3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1251/"
source_hash: "63b7c8c0228161eb2374fd50d6768b300006909cd94266c4c13c189ffefefc10"
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 1251 (2024) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to remove entities registered with the federal election commission from the definition of a “political committee.”

## 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/S1251.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — **61–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** 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 - 30-4-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, HerndonAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle 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`
- **2024-03-29** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 61-8-1AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss(Mickelsen), Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(Humphreys), Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Price, Scott, WisniewskiAbsent – AndrusFloor Sponsor - Crane(13)Title apvd - to Senate
- **2024-04-02** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-04-03** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-04-03** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:40 p.m. on 04/03/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Governor on 04/04/24 Session Law Chapter 278 Effective: 04/04/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5009b277-2c7d-416d-9923-83edeea4aba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).