---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy."
description: "ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1376"
citation: "Idaho S 1376 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "DISTRICTS", "ELECTIONS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-09"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8464b72-39c7-42db-a539-9de84caac474"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1376/"
source_hash: "be3df45550ccf67f106eeea5143992d5f459c30539827fab270f6b3b7fa2070c"
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 (2026) — ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy.

## 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/S1376.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **64–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2026-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** 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 - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-19** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-6-0AYES – Barbieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Beiswenger, Cayler, Garner, Hawkins, PriceAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - DygertTitle 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 235 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/f8464b72-39c7-42db-a539-9de84caac474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).