---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION – Amends existing law to require certain information about abortion to be posted on the Department of Health and Welfare website."
description: "ABORTION – Amends existing law to require certain information about abortion to be posted on the Department of Health and Welfare website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1243"
citation: "Idaho S 1243 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a07572d1-6d9a-4c64-a5d4-4dac324dab15"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1243/"
source_hash: "0f7c9963472d9d50b157aaf5080e0710e6cfd806cd5945595f4f9f36eca31dea"
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 1243 (2018) — ABORTION – Amends existing law to require certain information about abortion to be posted on the Department of Health and Welfare website.

## 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/S1243.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **55–11** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **29–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **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** Retained on calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, WinderNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Jordan, Nye, Stennett, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-21** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
- **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** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-11-4AYES – Amador, Anderson, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman(Reed), Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), King, Kloc(Tway), McCrostie, Rubel, Smith, Toone, WintrowAbsent – Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, GibbsFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-15** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:35 a.m. on 03/15/18
- **2018-03-20** Signed by Governor on 03/20/18 Session Law Chapter 159 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/a07572d1-6d9a-4c64-a5d4-4dac324dab15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).