---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC OFFICIALS – Amends existing law to provide an exception for certain public officials for the use of public property or resources while advocating for or against an initiative or referendum."
description: "PUBLIC OFFICIALS – Amends existing law to provide an exception for certain public officials for the use of public property or resources while advocating for or against an initiative or referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1376"
citation: "Idaho S 1376 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUMS", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/944b1385-aef1-49ff-bec2-7d596ce945cd"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1376/"
source_hash: "f8bc370f0821e22568be21febc2e040f084a98e0d78dbf12f3a7c62ed4302e35"
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 1376 (2024) — PUBLIC OFFICIALS – Amends existing law to provide an exception for certain public officials for the use of public property or resources while advocating for or against an initiative or referendum.

## 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/S1376A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1376.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1376E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **55–12** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2024-03-01** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2024-03-07** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-03-07** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2024-03-07** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-07** Amendments reported printed
- **2024-03-07** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2024-03-07** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2024-03-08** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 30-5-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Toews(Toews), Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Rabe, Semmelroth, Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - OkuniewiczTitle apvd - to House
- **2024-03-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-12** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-12-3AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, 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(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Harada), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Manwaring, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – Andrus, Skaug, WheelerFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:06 a.m. on 03/29/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Governor on 04/03/24 Session Law Chapter 268 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/944b1385-aef1-49ff-bec2-7d596ce945cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).