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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELECTIONS – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for the crime of illegal voting, to provide for the crime of interference with an election, and to provide for the crime of tampering with voting machines or vote tally systems."
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description: "ELECTIONS – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for the crime of illegal voting, to provide for the crime of interference with an election, and to provide for the crime of tampering with voting machines or vote tally systems."
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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 697"
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citation: "Idaho H 697 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "ELECTIONS", "VOTING AND VOTERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-16"
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last_action: "2026-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d05f5b-f837-45c5-94bb-64d5aa5a4d2b"
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source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0697/"
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source_hash: "4b9eaab7594c4850c912a84b8b436d828e14f819402b486156b804c607d55962"
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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 697 (2026) — ELECTIONS – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for the crime of illegal voting, to provide for the crime of interference with an election, and to provide for the crime of tampering with voting machines or vote tally systems.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0697.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION 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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- **2026-02-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
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- **2026-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
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- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
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- **2026-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – 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), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws(Woller), Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – McCann, WheelerFloor Sponsor - GarnerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
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- **2026-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
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- **2026-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
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- **2026-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 63 Effective: 07/01/2026 `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/c8d05f5b-f837-45c5-94bb-64d5aa5a4d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).
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