---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLLING PLACES – Amends existing law to limit liability for owners of property used as a polling place."
description: "POLLING PLACES – Amends existing law to limit liability for owners of property used as a polling place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1389"
citation: "Idaho S 1389 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "LAND USE", "LIABILITY", "REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-16"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7837fd18-5fd2-4447-bff4-a205c91d81d4"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1389/"
source_hash: "c5cc5a368f825d4c080dce194733aa5edce816c0815336bc2516de54de96b827"
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 1389 (2026) — POLLING PLACES – Amends existing law to limit liability for owners of property used as a polling place.

## 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/S1389.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2026-03-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-23** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon(Cannon), Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts(Batt), Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Egbert, Haws, McCann, PalmerFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-31** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-31** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-04-01** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:24 p.m. on 04/01/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by Governor on 04/02/26 Session Law Chapter 288 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7837fd18-5fd2-4447-bff4-a205c91d81d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).