Idaho Senate · 2026 Session
S 1297: Conversational AI safety act
Third Reading · March 19, 2026 · Yeas 21, nays 12
How each party voted
Senate President Pro Tempore Kelly Anthon voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- S 1297
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- March 19, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 21, nays 12; 2 didn't vote
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Acting Senator Lesli Bjerke voted no in Carl Bjerke's place (Idaho Code 67-412 lets a legislator on leave designate a substitute). The official tally counts that vote. The legislator on leave is listed as absent and excused.
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How each member voted
Yea (21)
- Kelly Anthon R-27
- Treg Bernt R-21
- Van Burtenshaw R-31
- Cindy Carlson R-7
- Kevin Cook R-32
- Lori Den Hartog R-22
- Scott Grow R-14
- Jim Guthrie R-28
- Mark Harris R-35
- Todd Lakey R-23
- Dave Lent R-33
- Ali Rabe D-16
- Doug Ricks R-34
- James Ruchti D-29
- Brandon Shippy R-9
- Ron Taylor D-26
- Ben Toews R-4
- Julie VanOrden R-30
- Janie Ward-Engelking D-18
- Melissa Wintrow D-19
- Jim Woodward R-1
Nay (11)
- Camille Blaylock R-11
- Dan Foreman R-6
- Phil Hart R-2
- Josh Keyser R-20
- Josh Kohl R-25
- Brian Lenney R-13
- Tammy Nichols R-10
- Doug Okuniewicz R-3
- Carrie Semmelroth D-17
- Christy Zito R-8
- Glenneda Zuiderveld R-24
Absent and excused (3)
- Ben Adams R-12
- Carl Bjerke R-5
- Codi Galloway R-15