S1376 • 2026

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy.

Elections

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy.

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ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy.

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Bill History

2026-04-01 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by Governor on 03/31/26 Session Law Chapter 235 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/26
2026-03-27 Idaho State Legislature
Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-6-0 AYES – Barbieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Alfieri, Beiswenger, Cayler, Garner, Hawkins, Price Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Dygert Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Bernt Title apvd - to House
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the filing of declarations of candidacy.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1376
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
ELECTIONS;
AMENDING
SECTION
34
-
1404,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
2
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
DECLARATIONS
OF
CANDIDACY;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMER
-
3
GENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
34
-
1404,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
34
-
1404.
DECLARATION
OF
CANDIDACY.
(1)
Candidates
for
election
in
any
8
political
subdivision
shall
be
nominated
by
nominating
petitions,
each
of
9
which
shall
bear
the
name
of
the
nominee,
the
office
for
which
the
nomination
10
is
made,
the
term
for
which
nomination
is
made,
and
the
signature
of
not
less
1
1
than
five
(5)
electors
of
the
candidate's
specific
zone
or
district
of
the
12
political
subdivision
and
shall
be
filed
with
the
county
clerk
of
the
politi
-
13
cal
subdivision
.
14
(2)
The
clerk
of
each
political
subdivision
shall
provide
to
the
county
15
clerk
an
accurate
and
detailed
map
of
all
subdistricts
of
the
political
sub
-
16
division
no
later
than
January
1
of
each
year
in
which
an
election
may
be
17
held.
18
(2)
(3)
The
form
of
the
nominating
petition
shall
be
as
provided
by
the
19
county
clerk
and
shall
be
uniform
for
all
political
subdivisions.
20
(3)
(4)
The
nomination
petition
shall
be
filed
beginning
at
8:00
a.m.
21
on
the
twelfth
Monday
before
the
election
and
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
22
tenth
Friday
before
such
election.
The
county
clerk
shall
notify
the
clerk
23
of
the
political
subdivision
shall
notify
the
county
clerk
within
twenty
-
24
four
(24)
hours
of
receipt
of
the
filing
and
verify
the
qualifications
of
the
25
nominees
and
shall,
no
more
than
seven
(7)
five
(5)
days
after
the
close
of
26
filing
,
certify
the
nominees
to
be
placed
on
the
ballot
of
the
political
sub
-
27
division
.
28
(5)
Within
forty
-
eight
(48)
hours
of
receipt
of
such
notification,
the
29
clerk
of
the
political
subdivision
shall
review
and
certify
to
the
county
30
clerk
the
nominees
to
be
placed
on
the
ballot
of
the
political
subdivision.
31
(4)
(6)
Nominating
petitions
shall
include
campaign
contact
informa
-
32
tion
for
candidates,
including
phone
numbers
and
email
addresses.
33
(5)
(7)
All
information
in
nominating
petitions
shall
be
made
publicly
34
available
upon
request.
35
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
36
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
37
July
1,
2026.
38