---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Board of Nursing."
description: "NURSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Board of Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1235"
citation: "Idaho S 1235 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "MEDICAL", "NURSING AND NURSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a233cb-0200-43f2-8f77-bfe9fdf96d52"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1235/"
source_hash: "a27c6e487d43913a3f43e3a1e0ddb5b772f03360a6ac65ca7bcfe2b428b7b969"
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 S 1235 (2018) — NURSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Board of Nursing.

## 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/S1235.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2018-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, 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 – Buckner-WebbFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-19** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2018-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman(Reed), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Barbieri, Hartgen, Malek, Shepherd, WintrowFloor Sponsor - WagonerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-16** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:26 p.m. on 03/15/18
- **2018-03-20** Signed by Governor on 03/20/18 Session Law Chapter 156 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/65a233cb-0200-43f2-8f77-bfe9fdf96d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).