SENATE BILL 1394
Law
Voting systems
ELECTIONS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding voting machines, certain duties of election officials, and the payment of election expenses by counties and provides for public voting machine accuracy tests.
RS31549 / S1394
This legislation will prohibit voting systems in Idaho from being able to connect to the internet, it will also make it so that tampering with any voting system will now be considered a felony, included also gives the Secretary of State the authority to grant access to voting systems. This legislation also requires county clerks to conduct voting system accuracy testing that is open to the public prior to all elections. This bill also updates old, outdated legacy voting system language.
This legislation will have no impact on the general fund, other state funds or local funds since the legislation clarifies the policy being used throughout the state.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03/01 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing |
| 03/04 | Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs |
| 03/06 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 03/07 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/11 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews(Toews), Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Bernt Title apvd - to House |
| 03/12 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading |
| 03/12 | Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs |
| 03/25 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, 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 – PASSED - 69-1-0 AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Mathias Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Mitchell Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/26 | Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling |
| 03/27 | Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker |
| 03/27 | Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate |
| 03/28 | Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor |
| 03/28 | Reported delivered to Governor at 10:23 a.m. on 03/28/24 |
| 04/02 | Signed by Governor on 04/01/24 Session Law Chapter Effective: |