---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS – Adds to existing law to provide legislative intent and to provide for the award of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) school or STEM program designation."
description: "SCHOOLS – Adds to existing law to provide legislative intent and to provide for the award of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) school or STEM program designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 70"
citation: "Idaho H 70 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47314bf8-1f44-4283-b834-57111aeeff72"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0070/"
source_hash: "9abf23f01a6559c5cec2afed071b540fdf777df67e59fa1fa53a3c9e84d17c9e"
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 70 (2017) — SCHOOLS – Adds to existing law to provide legislative intent and to provide for the award of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) school or STEM program designation.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **63–2** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **30–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2017-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-02-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-2-5AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew(Reifers), Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, ZollingerNAYS – Hanks, ZitoAbsent – Kingsley, Mendive, Raybould, Smith, Mr. SpeakerFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-03** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-3-2AYES – Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Keough, Martin, PatrickAbsent and excused – Agenbroad, DavisFloor Sponsor - NoniniTitle 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 69 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/47314bf8-1f44-4283-b834-57111aeeff72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).