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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 561"
citation: "Idaho H 561 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BUILDINGS", "CITIES", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "FLAGS", "GOVERNMENT", "HIGHWAYS", "LAND USE", "SPEECH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af358314-006d-4b2e-ae53-1fb0dc672bb9"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561/"
source_hash: "37786d335dff719d3feb734f0d7ee985cc14cf7ef34702a9764a69c38b906e33"
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 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561A3.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561E1.pdf)
4. **Engrossment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0561E2.pdf)
## Votes
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) Read third time as amended in the Senate **268** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required **598** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended **5811** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Read Third Time in Full U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection
- **2026-02-27** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-02-27** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2026-02-27** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2026-02-27** Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2026-03-02** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2026-03-02** Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-03** Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **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
- **2026-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-03-20** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-03-20** Amendments ordered printed
- **2026-03-20** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-23** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-03-23** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2026-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2026-03-25** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2026-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2026-03-25** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2026-03-26** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2026-03-26** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **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
- **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 260 Effective: 03/31/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
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).