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type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL RIGHTS Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns."
description: "CIVIL RIGHTS Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 538"
citation: "Idaho H 538 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL RIGHTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "GOVERNMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b53185-f1f7-4633-8498-fa5e05fe4f7a"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0538/"
source_hash: "d53629d870f88dbc1824d21149464b6765db3eb9b1351f40934d061e8cfe8896"
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 538 (2024) — CIVIL RIGHTS Adds to existing law to prohibit governmental entities in the State of Idaho from compelling employees and students to use certain titles and pronouns.
## 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/2024/legislation/H0538.pdf)
## Votes
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) **259** (pass) · upper
- passage — **5811** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-22** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-26** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-27** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-28** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-29** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-01** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 4, 2024
- **2024-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-05** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-06** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-06** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day; objection
- **2024-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-08** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-14** Read Third Time in Full U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-15** PASSED - 58-11-1AYES Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, 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, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent WheelerFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) PASSED - 25-9-1AYES Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS Bearg(Rabe), Hartgen, Just, Lee, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused SchroederFloor Sponsor - TrakelTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-04-03** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on April 3, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Reported Signed by Governor on April 8, 2024 Session Law Chapter 314 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/b2b53185-f1f7-4633-8498-fa5e05fe4f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).