---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to authorize a school district to offer a firearms safety education course to primary and secondary school students."
description: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to authorize a school district to offer a firearms safety education course to primary and secondary school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 443"
citation: "Idaho H 443 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FISH AND GAME", "SAFETY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34023924-2656-4614-97b1-3f7f38887ccd"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0443/"
source_hash: "45a850ece90c64ef588001fef3b388bf576281351c611b52900f2e806882301f"
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 443 (2018) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to authorize a school district to offer a firearms safety education course to primary and secondary school students.

## 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/H0443.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **62–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2018-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-6-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(5), Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Widmyer), McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Troy(Goesling), VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Burtenshaw, Gannon(17), King, Manwaring, Smith, TooneAbsent – Gestrin, KauffmanFloor Sponsor - NateTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-02** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NoniniTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 9:25 a.m. on March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2018 Session Law Chapter 250 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/34023924-2656-4614-97b1-3f7f38887ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).