---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to replace references to the Division of Building Safety with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to replace references to the Division of Building Safety with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 23"
citation: "Idaho H 23 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb087eb-a6d4-49ff-a09f-ae5db4c113b7"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0023/"
source_hash: "87bf739373a84bbdb00906d785e146fb0352e2d51b3dacb557fadca3e5349acf"
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 23 (2023) — OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to replace references to the Division of Building Safety with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

## 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/H0023.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2023-02-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 6, 2023
- **2023-02-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey(Galloway), Hill, Holtzclaw(Yorgason), 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, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Allgood, FurnissFloor Sponsor - AndrusTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Bernt, Lent, TrakelFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-02-28** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-01** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Delivered to Governor at 1:46 p.m. on March 2, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Reported Signed by Governor on March 6, 2023 Session Law Chapter 15 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/6fb087eb-a6d4-49ff-a09f-ae5db4c113b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).