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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General."
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description: "STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
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legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "H 561"
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citation: "Idaho H 561 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BUILDINGS", "CITIES", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "FLAGS", "GOVERNMENT", "HIGHWAYS", "LAND USE", "SPEECH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af358314-006d-4b2e-ae53-1fb0dc672bb9"
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source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561/"
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source_hash: "37786d335dff719d3feb734f0d7ee985cc14cf7ef34702a9764a69c38b906e33"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
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---
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# Idaho H 561 (2026) — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS – Amends existing law to revise and remove provisions regarding flags flown by a governmental entity, to provide a penalty, and to establish provisions regarding enforcement by the Attorney General.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561A3.pdf)
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2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561.pdf)
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3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561E1.pdf)
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4. **Engrossment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561E2.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **26–8** (pass) · upper
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- Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – — **59–8** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time in full as amended – — **58–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
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- **2026-01-30** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
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- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Read Third Time in Full – U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection
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- **2026-02-27** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
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- **2026-02-27** Reported out without recommendation as amended
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- **2026-02-27** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
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- **2026-02-27** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
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- **2026-03-02** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
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- **2026-03-02** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
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- **2026-03-03** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
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- **2026-03-05** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 58-11-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen(Athay), Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Haws, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Rubel, SauterAbsent – GreenFloor Sponsor - HillTitle apvd - to Senate
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- **2026-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
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- **2026-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
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- **2026-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
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- **2026-03-20** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
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- **2026-03-20** Amendments ordered printed
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- **2026-03-20** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
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- **2026-03-23** Amendments reported printed
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- **2026-03-23** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
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- **2026-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-24** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 26-8-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Guthrie, Hart, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – Bjerke(Bjerke)Floor Sponsor - KeyserTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
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- **2026-03-25** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
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- **2026-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
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- **2026-03-25** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
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- **2026-03-26** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
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- **2026-03-26** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
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- **2026-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 59-8-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Gannon, Green, Haws, Mathias, NelsenAbsent – Fuhriman, Galaviz, RubelFloor Sponsor - HillTitle apvd - to enrol
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- **2026-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 12:31 p.m. on March 30, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 260 Effective: 03/31/2026 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af358314-006d-4b2e-ae53-1fb0dc672bb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).
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