republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/s-1297.md

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Bill	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act.	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	S 1297	Idaho S 1297 (2026)	bill	ACTS SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	enacted		3	23	2	2026-02-13	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6c7bff09-bd55-4a28-886b-e92fab6f0bf1	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1297/	ea28ba2eac0c9df5b14c726511c2ca300923c28d99ac13d0da9d2e4aed745bb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho S 1297 (2026) — ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossment 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – — 21–12 (pass) · upper
• Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – — 54–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-13 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing introduction
• 2026-02-16 Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
• 2026-02-20 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-23 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Referred to 14th Order for amendment
• 2026-03-17 Placed in the Committee of the Whole
• 2026-03-17 Reported out without recommendation, as amended
• 2026-03-17 Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
• 2026-03-18 Amendments reported printed
• 2026-03-18 Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
• 2026-03-18 Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
• 2026-03-19 Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading reading-2
• 2026-03-19 Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 21-12-2AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Semmelroth, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Adams, GallowayFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
• 2026-03-20 Read First Time, Referred to Business reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-12-4AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(14), Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Cayler, Furniss, Garner, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – Fuhriman, Haws, Skaug, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - Crane(12)Title 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 249 Effective: 07/01/2027 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c7bff09-bd55-4a28-886b-e92fab6f0bf1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).