---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 153"
citation: "Idaho H 153 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09b4c3ee-e8f4-4dbc-ac05-734ba85a09dc"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0153/"
source_hash: "8f3e51669e91a1e28f3aba4649f44a8e333b84eeaf368da0f75dc41bb082f9b5"
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 153 (2023) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program.

## 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/2023/legislation/H0153.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2023-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Handy, Hawkins, SkaugFloor Sponsor - WheelerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – ForemanAbsent and excused – AdamsFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on March 16, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2023 Session Law Chapter 101 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09b4c3ee-e8f4-4dbc-ac05-734ba85a09dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).