---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE – Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of naturopathic medical doctors."
description: "NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE – Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of naturopathic medical doctors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 244"
citation: "Idaho H 244 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c13584d-7b18-44cd-9a40-1c19fc21145a"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0244/"
source_hash: "b69dd27503b5ae081d06a77de17a6c2b3de86d9ef709b16429e7a68a5eeb6c89"
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 244 (2019) — NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE – Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of naturopathic medical doctors.

## 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/2019/legislation/H0244.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **32–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2019-03-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-03-08** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-3-3AYES – Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith(Nye), Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Giddings, Monks, Vander WoudeAbsent – Abernathy, Furniss, HarrisFloor Sponsor - GestrinTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-03-11** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-2-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mathias(Buckner-Webb), Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Bayer, PatrickAbsent and excused – LeeFloor Sponsor - LodgeTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-03-25** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-03-26** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 25, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2019 Session Law Chapter 208 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c13584d-7b18-44cd-9a40-1c19fc21145a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).