---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to rename the Bureau of Occupational Licenses as the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to rename the Bureau of Occupational Licenses as the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 318"
citation: "Idaho H 318 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES", "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES BUREAU", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0342e391-8ed2-41d4-a578-da90a4befb29"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0318/"
source_hash: "28d3b00f6bde81a81420c62c432ef9290a011337d08ca33b8414e3bb5294d139"
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 318 (2020) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to rename the Bureau of Occupational Licenses as the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

## 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/H0318.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **25–8** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **43–24** (pass) · upper

## 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
- **2020-01-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-01-22** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-01-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2020-01-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, January 27, 2020
- **2020-01-27** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 43-24-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Chew, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Ellis, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason(Nash), McCrostie, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Blanksma, Chaney, Christensen, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Ricks, Scott, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Clow, WagonerFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-01-28** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-02** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-8-2AYES – Agenbroad, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Grow, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Guthrie, Johnson, Rice, VickAbsent and excused – Brackett, LentFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-02** Notice to reconsider - Held at Desk
- **2020-03-05** No motion for reconsideration received - to House
- **2020-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-09** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-11** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2020 Session Law Chapter 96 Effective: 03/11/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0342e391-8ed2-41d4-a578-da90a4befb29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).