---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to prohibit certain in-person instruction in schools on election day."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to prohibit certain in-person instruction in schools on election day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 831"
citation: "Idaho H 831 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "SAFETY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8ae4290-e39a-48fc-aa7c-dd46f82abd76"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0831/"
source_hash: "6abcded25a1cdc1048f2fef1440d02efc6192dd1050e39e21c987da719e2d9c4"
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 H 831 (2026) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to prohibit certain in-person instruction in schools on election day.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0831.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **54–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-06** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2026-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 54-14-2AYES – Alfieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Cayler, Crane(12), Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Price, Rasor, Tanner(14), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Church, SkaugFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Galloway, Okuniewicz, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 12:31 p.m. on March 30, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 244 Effective: 01/01/2028 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8ae4290-e39a-48fc-aa7c-dd46f82abd76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).