---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for an advanced professional endorsement for school personnel and to increase career ladder allocations."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for an advanced professional endorsement for school personnel and to increase career ladder allocations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 523"
citation: "Idaho H 523 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f169e013-014a-4bf8-8f75-48b478236068"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0523/"
source_hash: "493bd65854c40b83771d8f10bc39c18744aca641f7c4aed9ffe7663244081eb8"
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 523 (2020) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for an advanced professional endorsement for school personnel and to increase career ladder allocations.

## 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/H0523.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **52–10** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **30–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-19** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2020-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 52-10-8AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Clow, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Christensen, Collins, Giddings, Harris, Horman, Moyle, Remington, Scott, ZitoAbsent – Amador, Armstrong, Barbieri, Chew, Crane, Nichols, Vander Woude, WintrowFloor Sponsor - GoeslingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-03-03** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2020-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-1-4AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – BayerAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, Martin, NelsonFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2020 Session Law Chapter 270 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/f169e013-014a-4bf8-8f75-48b478236068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).