republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/h-831.md

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Bill	ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to prohibit certain in-person instruction in schools on election day.	ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to prohibit certain in-person instruction in schools on election day.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	H 831	Idaho H 831 (2026)	bill	EDUCATION ELECTIONS SAFETY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS TEACHING AND TEACHERS VOTING AND VOTERS	enacted		1	17	2	2026-03-05	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a8ae4290-e39a-48fc-aa7c-dd46f82abd76	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0831/	6abcded25a1cdc1048f2fef1440d02efc6192dd1050e39e21c987da719e2d9c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/a8ae4290-e39a-48fc-aa7c-dd46f82abd76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).