---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to allow online examinations; to provide a new type of examination for certified shorthand reporters; and to provide for certification by endorsement."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to allow online examinations; to provide a new type of examination for certified shorthand reporters; and to provide for certification by endorsement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 46"
citation: "Idaho H 46 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4baa1d05-206f-4f00-8c87-92d4a8963a3b"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0046/"
source_hash: "6d5e9d020a02233f2f6215d8f67117b3a98998a4f55410f201bc26771db093ad"
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 46 (2019) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to allow online examinations; to provide a new type of examination for certified shorthand reporters; and to provide for certification by endorsement.

## 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/H0046.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2019-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-4-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Christensen, DeMordaunt(Call), Mendive, WisniewskiAbsent – Chaney, ErpeldingFloor Sponsor - HartgenTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-02-15** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, RiceFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-03-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to Governor at 10:50 a.m. on March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Reported Signed by Governor on March 7, 2019 Session Law Chapter 47 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/4baa1d05-206f-4f00-8c87-92d4a8963a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).