---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of Ombudsman for the Elderly."
description: "STATE GOVERNMENT – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of Ombudsman for the Elderly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 347"
citation: "Idaho H 347 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMISSION ON", "AGING", "COMMISSION ON", "REPORTS", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "SENIOR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6fbd06-5be3-4766-b656-1e38ec7443a7"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0347/"
source_hash: "362b93c64eae053fecd0e941bb5d800732cb9c5b47ac9c70f9e735f2ed1d2a91"
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 347 (2018) — STATE GOVERNMENT – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Office of Ombudsman for the Elderly.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0347.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **25–5** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **52–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2018-01-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 52-18-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Chilcote), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moon, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Barbieri, Cheatham, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Monks, Nate, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-5-5AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, WinderNAYS – Crabtree, Foreman, Nonini, Potts, VickAbsent and excused – Lakey, Mortimer, Rice, Thayn, Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-02** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-12** Reported Signed by Governor on March 12, 2018 Session Law Chapter 56 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed6fbd06-5be3-4766-b656-1e38ec7443a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).