---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding public defense for indigent persons in this state."
description: "PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding public defense for indigent persons in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1367"
citation: "Idaho S 1367 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CHILDREN", "COURTS", "STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3419ec-a71f-4cd8-b487-ea7da0e971e1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1367/"
source_hash: "ca0ab757b1f66f26cd3e0228f90ade60655074bd277c95162343e324c7ce3a34"
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 1367 (2024) — PUBLIC DEFENSE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding public defense for indigent persons in this state.

## 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/S1367.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **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`
- **2024-03-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, 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 – NoneFloor Sponsor - LeeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-07** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, 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, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – PetzkeFloor Sponsor - EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-29** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-04-02** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:40 a.m. on 04/03/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Governor on 04/03/24 Session Law Chapter 270 Effective: 07/01/2024 SECTION 6 & 7; 10/01/2024 SECTION 1-5 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3419ec-a71f-4cd8-b487-ea7da0e971e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).