---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – TEACHERS DIVISION – Appropriates $924,988,500 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2018; directs the use of moneys for professional development; and defines the term “distributed.”"
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – TEACHERS DIVISION – Appropriates $924,988,500 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2018; directs the use of moneys for professional development; and defines the term “distributed.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 285"
citation: "Idaho H 285 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2bc7d0-7ee2-47ec-94f6-4963ebee5941"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0285/"
source_hash: "6590ba45e147566c82966f25df90c2f68dad05d4d025785638a802d70a2e63d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 285 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – TEACHERS DIVISION – Appropriates $924,988,500 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2018; directs the use of moneys for professional development; and defines the term “distributed.”

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-15** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-2-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, HarrisAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - HormanTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-22** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Johnson, LodgeFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-23** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-24** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-29** Delivered to Governor at 10:25 a.m. on March 28, 2017
- **2017-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 253 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce2bc7d0-7ee2-47ec-94f6-4963ebee5941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).