---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and to remove requirements regarding supervisory registration."
description: "PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and to remove requirements regarding supervisory registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 3"
citation: "Idaho H 3 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "BOARDS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "MEDICAL", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d656135-c536-4344-b40e-1011c8cba741"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0003/"
source_hash: "fdf7fe2fed829016d001b1418ffed9429ace3dcbd9f0ffdd0b2910b1f78e88bf"
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 3 (2023) — PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and to remove requirements regarding supervisory registration.

## 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/H0003.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2023-01-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, January 30, 2023
- **2023-01-30** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen(Coletti), Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Clow, Ehardt, Garner, McCann, RaymondFloor Sponsor - WheelerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-01-31** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Lenney, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - ZuiderveldTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-02-28** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to Governor at 2:43 p.m. on March 1, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Reported Signed by Governor on March 6, 2023 Session Law Chapter 12 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/2d656135-c536-4344-b40e-1011c8cba741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).