---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “evaluation committee,” thereby permitting licensed professional counselors to serve on committees evaluating individuals for developmental disabilities."
description: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “evaluation committee,” thereby permitting licensed professional counselors to serve on committees evaluating individuals for developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 311"
citation: "Idaho H 311 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNSELING AND COUNSELORS", "DISABLED", "GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20295d30-0e78-4e05-9504-b85d98b91c3a"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0311/"
source_hash: "4a1bd6c6044f9c78b3b88212b65158db22b38a301a1e7454d683e0226c1a645e"
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 311 (2020) — HEALTH – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “evaluation committee,” thereby permitting licensed professional counselors to serve on committees evaluating individuals for developmental disabilities.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0311.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2020-01-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-01-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, January 27, 2020
- **2020-01-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-01-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Kauffman, KiskaFloor Sponsor - KingsleyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-01-29** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-02-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – WoodwardFloor Sponsor - NelsonTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-07** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-02-10** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-02-11** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-11** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-02-12** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-02-13** Delivered to Governor at 11:11 a.m. on February 12, 2020
- **2020-02-14** Reported Signed by Governor on February 13, 2020 Session Law Chapter 11 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20295d30-0e78-4e05-9504-b85d98b91c3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).