---
type: "Bill"
title: "SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for licensure of sign language interpreters."
description: "SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for licensure of sign language interpreters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 46"
citation: "Idaho H 46 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "HEARING AIDS", "HEARING IMPAIRED", "LICENSES", "PROFESSIONS", "SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES"]
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/5a013081-b5fc-44f4-9935-d0e94d1b8c23"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0046/"
source_hash: "d9c9600b2556a1edca6c05fae9e205790b358d8240ae35cac27c901abc475c00"
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 46 (2017) — SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for licensure of sign language interpreters.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **18–16** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **43–27** (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
- **2017-02-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-08** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-09** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 43-27-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, King, Kloc(Tway), Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Collins, Crane, Dixon, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kerby, Kingsley, Loertscher, Luker, Mendive(Mendive), Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Thompson, Trujillo, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - PackerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-10** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-10** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-02** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 18-16-1AYES – Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Keough, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hagedorn, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Nonini, Rice, Souza, VickAbsent and excused – DavisFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-16** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-16** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 17, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2017 Session Law Chapter 67 Effective: 07/01/2017 SECTION 1, 2, 4-9; 07/01/2018 SECTION 3 & 10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a013081-b5fc-44f4-9935-d0e94d1b8c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).