---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove a requirement for notarization in a criminal history and background check application."
description: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove a requirement for notarization in a criminal history and background check application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1256"
citation: "Idaho S 1256 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "NOTARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1f65e4-3640-4541-b6b7-df720da22702"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1256/"
source_hash: "81775d2090d9d0a638dcaac3e453057c9a56984996a2c5932d806d7dadfd7972"
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 1256 (2022) — HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove a requirement for notarization in a criminal history and background check application.

## 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/2022/legislation/S1256.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2022-02-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-15** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – SouzaFloor Sponsor - VanOrden(Bair)Title apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-02-16** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2022-03-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-03-08** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-03-09** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto(Yamamoto), Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Moyle, SymeFloor Sponsor - LickleyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-10** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-14** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-14** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:30 p.m. on 03/14/22
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor on 03/17/22 Session Law Chapter 59 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c1f65e4-3640-4541-b6b7-df720da22702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).