---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act."
description: "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1297"
citation: "Idaho S 1297 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "SAFETY", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7bff09-bd55-4a28-886b-e92fab6f0bf1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1297/"
source_hash: "ea28ba2eac0c9df5b14c726511c2ca300923c28d99ac13d0da9d2e4aed745bb3"
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 1297 (2026) — ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act.

## 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/2026/legislation/S1297A3.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1297.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1297E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – — **54–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2026-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-03-17** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-03-17** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2026-03-17** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-18** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-03-18** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2026-03-18** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-19** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 21-12-2AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Semmelroth, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Adams, GallowayFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-20** Read First Time, Referred to Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-12-4AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(14), Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Cayler, Furniss, Garner, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Fuhriman, Haws, Skaug, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - Crane(12)Title apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-30** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Governor on 03/31/26 Session Law Chapter 249 Effective: 07/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c7bff09-bd55-4a28-886b-e92fab6f0bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).