---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to define terms, to revise definitions, and to revise the powers and duties of the director of the Department of Health and Welfare."
description: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to define terms, to revise definitions, and to revise the powers and duties of the director of the Department of Health and Welfare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "S 1139"
citation: "Idaho S 1139 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af278ca1-a128-460c-9645-c308908b802f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1139/"
source_hash: "a3658dfeff5bc931934622ef093d10e16424ee2ad75678bf2fb09b243b8c0b4a"
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 1139 (2021) — HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to define terms, to revise definitions, and to revise the powers and duties of the director of the Department of Health and Welfare.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/S1139.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – — **65–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-04** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rabe, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Heider, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - RiggsTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2021-03-05** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-12** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-03-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-03-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-03-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-04-06** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-04-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-04-08** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-04-09** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, April 12, 2021
- **2021-04-12** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 65-2-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss(Blanchard), Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, von Ehlinger, Weber, Wisniewski, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, McCrostieAbsent – Gibbs, Ruchti, WoodFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2021-04-13** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-14** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-14** Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 04/14/21
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Governor on 04/20/21 Session Law Chapter 257 Effective: 07/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af278ca1-a128-460c-9645-c308908b802f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).