---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding qualification of educational interpreters."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding qualification of educational interpreters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1236"
citation: "Idaho S 1236 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "EDUCATION", "HEARING IMPAIRED", "LICENSES", "PROFESSIONS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28ff1d89-2f05-4567-8f94-df12cd9c5591"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1236/"
source_hash: "e79e354393a84b3d7e3f0816ad65154ecf04cbb8f485d0fbef2328b058be75a6"
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 S 1236 (2020) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding qualification of educational interpreters.

## 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/S1236.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2020-01-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-29** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-03** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mathias(Buckner-Webb), Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-02-04** Read First Time, Referred to Education
- **2020-02-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman(Marshall), Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Clow, Furniss, RaymondFloor Sponsor - MarshallTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-13** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-02-14** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-02-17** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-02-19** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on 02/18/20
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Governor on 02/18/20 Session Law Chapter 19 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/28ff1d89-2f05-4567-8f94-df12cd9c5591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).