HOUSE BILL 309
RS30609 / H0309
The purpose of this legislation is to ensure student safety and provide for adequate polling locations for the purpose of voting on election days. Presently, schools are the most common polling location used in Idaho. Schools are needed to provide adequate and accessible polling locations within residential communities throughout the State. Increasing concerns about student safety have been raised due to having both students and voters, who would not typically be at a school, using the facility at the same time. This legislation addresses both the need for schools to be used as polling locations and addresses the student safety concerns by removing students during voting, but still allowing virtual student instruction and allowing school facilities to be used by the school districts for other purposes. There is a delayed effective date to ensure adequate time to adjust school calendars and contracts to facilitate this change.
There are no fiscal impacts at the state or local level because schools are currently used for voting. The only change is that students will not be on campus to receive instruction on election days.
| Date | Description |
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| 03/13 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| Reported Printed and Held at Desk | |
| 03/14 | Bill Previously Held at Desk, Referred to Education |
| 03/15 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/16 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 37-32-1 AYES – Allgood, Berch, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hill, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Woodings), McCann, Mickelsen, Nash, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto NAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Cannon, Crane(12), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. Speaker Absent – Miller Floor Sponsor - Lanting Title apvd - to Senate |
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| 03/17 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education |