All Roll Calls
Yes: 103 • No: 0
IdahoH 08732026 regular legislative sessionHouse
ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain election procedures.
Sponsored By: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
ELECTIONS
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
County canvass deadline one day sooner
Beginning July 1, 2026, county boards must finish the election canvass within nine days after election day. The old deadline was ten days, so results are certified sooner.
Mail-ballot precincts: free postage, party choice
Beginning July 1, 2026, county clerks mail a ballot to every voter in mail-ballot precincts and pay the return postage. Clerks must send ballots no earlier than 45 days and no later than 11 days before election day. If you are unaffiliated, the clerk mails a form so you can pick which party’s primary ballot you get. If you do not pick, or no party allows unaffiliated voters, you get a nonpartisan ballot.
Conservation district elections shift to odd years
Beginning July 1, 2026, elections for soil and water conservation district supervisors are held in odd-numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The election set for November 2026 moves to November 2027, and the 2028 election moves to November 2029. Winners of those moved elections serve four-year terms.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Jim Guthrie
Republican • Senate
Brandon Mitchell
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/30/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/20/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 69 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2026 Session Law Chapter 286 Effective: 07/01/2026
4/2/2026Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
4/1/2026HouseReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/31/2026HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1
3/30/2026HouseRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/26/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/25/2026HouseReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
3/23/2026SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1
3/20/2026HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/19/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/18/2026HouseReported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
3/12/2026HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
3/11/2026House
Bill Text
Bill Text
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