The House has voted 59-9 in favor of SB 1333, sending the bill to the governor's desk; it appropriates $200,000 in state general tax funds for the Idaho Secretary of State's office to conduct a voter-information campaign about the state's new closed primary election law, which requires Idaho voters, for the first time ever, to register by party. House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, told the House, "This was really an unnecessary expenditure," saying the majority of Idahoans weren't involved in deciding to make the change to a closed primary law. The Idaho Republican Party sued the state and overturned its previous open primary system.

"We've already been paying for it in legal fees, and it results in less participatory democracy in Idaho," Rusche said. "I'll be voting no - it's a protest vote." Rep. Darrell Bolz, R-Caldwell, the bill's House sponsor, said, "The Secretary of State is just carrying out his statutory duty, and so we need to fund him so he can do that."

All nine House opponents of the bill were Democrats; the Democratic party opposed the change to a closed primary and party registration, and has opted to keep its primary election open to all. Under Idaho Republican Party rules, only registered party members will be permitted to vote in the GOP primary in May.