---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALCOHOL – Amends existing law to limited immunity to minors seeking or needing emergency medical assistance."
description: "ALCOHOL – Amends existing law to limited immunity to minors seeking or needing emergency medical assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 531"
citation: "Idaho H 531 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES & PROCEDURES", "EMERGENCIES", "LIABILITY", "LIQUOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd933b2-1f7e-4995-a458-3c9466bba6bb"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0531/"
source_hash: "db5b30639b0eacd1675dd01233afe25b195502a90c0624cb7f06473e14bb609e"
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 531 (2018) — ALCOHOL – Amends existing law to limited immunity to minors seeking or needing emergency medical assistance.

## 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/H0531.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2018-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-22** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-0-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Boyle, Clow, ManwaringFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-23** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-12** 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 - LodgeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2018 Session Law Chapter 190 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/dbd933b2-1f7e-4995-a458-3c9466bba6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).