---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the public school health insurance participation fund."
description: "HEALTH INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the public school health insurance participation fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 203"
citation: "Idaho H 203 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNDS", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c342e60b-5bda-46a8-ae61-8a1074497a6e"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0203/"
source_hash: "e1714876e1d0de9e0b095d5bec9657950c5bff1f4d969e57e5322d22ff56d5fb"
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 203 (2023) — HEALTH INSURANCE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the public school health insurance participation fund.

## 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/H0203.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–18** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-18-2AYES – Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hill, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Boyle, Crane(12), Dixon(1), Gallagher, Hawkins, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, WisniewskiAbsent – Crane(13), HealeyFloor Sponsor - FurnissTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-14** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 24-11-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-29** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 30, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2023 Session Law Chapter 240 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/c342e60b-5bda-46a8-ae61-8a1074497a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).