republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/h-894.md

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Bill	OPEN MEETINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings to permit recording of such meetings.	OPEN MEETINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings to permit recording of such meetings.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	H 894	Idaho H 894 (2026)	bill	GOVERNMENT MEETINGS PUBLIC RECORDS SPEECH	enacted		1	17	2	2026-03-13	2026-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/30188605-65fb-47c8-8712-263e922d797f	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0894/	feb6e0707550e9d2ba84869384cc8c202188fa88e1b062d918d57a0d06992644	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 894 (2026) — OPEN MEETINGS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding requirements for open public meetings to permit recording of such meetings.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — 67–1 (pass) · lower
• Read third time in full – — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-13 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2026-03-16 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
• 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
• 2026-03-24 Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-1-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – HandyAbsent – Redman, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - McCannTitle apvd - to Senate
• 2026-03-25 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2026-03-25 Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-26 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-27 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, 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, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Anthon, ToewsFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House passage
• 2026-03-31 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling enrolled
• 2026-04-01 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate passage
• 2026-04-01 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
• 2026-04-01 Signed by President; returned to House passage
• 2026-04-01 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Delivered to Governor at 4:12 p.m. on April 1, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02 Reported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2026 Session Law Chapter 281 Effective: 07/01/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30188605-65fb-47c8-8712-263e922d797f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).