---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to require school district boards of trustees to adopt certain rules of procedure for the conduct of their meetings."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to require school district boards of trustees to adopt certain rules of procedure for the conduct of their meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1361"
citation: "Idaho S 1361 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "MEETINGS", "PUBLIC", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b961293-8cf9-410a-9519-227655b501ff"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1361/"
source_hash: "36d5477265561fd8310ec23c79f24ff59a3e74a80e340b58b36744e8076f73af"
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 1361 (2024) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to require school district boards of trustees to adopt certain rules of procedure for the conduct of their meetings.

## 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/2024/legislation/S1361A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1361.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1361E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2024-02-28** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-02-28** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2024-02-28** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2024-02-28** Amendments reported printed
- **2024-02-28** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2024-02-28** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2024-02-29** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - CarlsonTitle apvd - to House
- **2024-03-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-06** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 60-8-2AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, 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, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Dixon(1), Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – Galaviz, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - NelsenTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:52 p.m. on 03/19/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Signed by Governor on 03/21/24 Session Law Chapter 133 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/6b961293-8cf9-410a-9519-227655b501ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).