---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP – Amends existing law to provide that certain funds may be used for scholarship awards to adults meeting certain criteria."
description: "IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP – Amends existing law to provide that certain funds may be used for scholarship awards to adults meeting certain criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1279"
citation: "Idaho S 1279 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "SCHOLARSHIPS", "STUDENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfd43d91-d8e3-4b7a-86e5-367ed1764616"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1279/"
source_hash: "1ee79061f5a60e1a4f29a39096d58a745f67101c2b4601cd3530436d729199a0"
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 1279 (2018) — IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP – Amends existing law to provide that certain funds may be used for scholarship awards to adults meeting certain criteria.

## 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/S1279.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **37–32** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **25–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2018-02-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-27** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Bair, Bayer, Den Hartog, Foreman, Harris, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, VickAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NoniniTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-28** Read First Time, Referred to Education
- **2018-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-09** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-12** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-15** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 37-32-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Armstrong, Bell, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gibbs, Hartgen, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Packer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Anderst, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Luker, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Perry, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Thompson, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – HormanFloor Sponsor - McDonaldTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:15 a.m. on 03/21/18
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor on 03/23/18 Session Law Chapter 245 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/bfd43d91-d8e3-4b7a-86e5-367ed1764616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).