---
type: "Bill"
title: "INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES – Adds to existing law to provide that accounts established under the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience Act shall be disregarded when determining an applicant’s eligibility for certain programs or grants and to provide for certain assistance subject to appropriation."
description: "INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES – Adds to existing law to provide that accounts established under the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience Act shall be disregarded when determining an applicant’s eligibility for certain programs or grants and to provide for certain assistance subject to appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 41"
citation: "Idaho H 41 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "DISABLED", "FINANCE", "SAVINGS ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba52674-2681-44e5-a7dd-1acec943eace"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0041/"
source_hash: "d7a711ae9a57e8f95d2bd7d20c87b642dd828a6fc7f1abcf18eac923dc0a182d"
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 41 (2017) — INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES – Adds to existing law to provide that accounts established under the federal Achieving a Better Life Experience Act shall be disregarded when determining an applicant’s eligibility for certain programs or grants and to provide for certain assistance subject to appropriation.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **40–28** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **26–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2017-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 40-28-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Bell, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Dayley, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive(Mendive), Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Trujillo, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Shepherd, YoungbloodFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-02-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-10** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-9-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Davis, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Nonini, Siddoway, VickAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BurgoyneTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 16, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2017 Session Law Chapter 65 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/cba52674-2681-44e5-a7dd-1acec943eace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).