HOUSE BILL 470
Failed House
Office of election crimes, security
ELECTIONS – Adds to existing law to establish the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Office of the Attorney General.
RS31129 / H0470
The Idaho Election Crimes Act would create an “Office of Elections Crimes and Security” within the office of the Idaho Attorney General for the State of Idaho. This office would be tasked with responding to complaints or notifications of Election Code violations, conducting investigations, overseeing a voter fraud hotline, and collaborating with prosecutorial agencies when criminal violations are suspected. The Act would grant the Attorney General's office concurrent jurisdiction in any election crime as well as mandate an annual report to be submitted from the office to the Governor of the State of Idaho, The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/02 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 02/05 | Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs |
| 02/29 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/01 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/04 | U.C. to place at bottom of House bills of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 03/05 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 03/06 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day; objection |
| 03/07 | U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection |
| 03/08 | Retained on General Orders |
| 03/15 | Retained on General Orders |
| 03/25 | Reported out without amendments; filed for second reading |
| 03/26 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/26 | Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – FAILED - 34-36-0 AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Achilles, Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Dixon(24), Durrant, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Alfieri Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk |