---
type: "Bill"
title: "DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to provide for certain fingerprint and criminal history background checks."
description: "DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to provide for certain fingerprint and criminal history background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 490"
citation: "Idaho H 490 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "MEDICAL", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a343e814-1c03-4380-b76f-74e9f04ee7a8"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0490/"
source_hash: "8a42757eca5b271dee459f1511d12c617ecde4ac159bfc746f24d7cfd02e828f"
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 490 (2024) — DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to provide for certain fingerprint and criminal history background checks.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0490.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2024-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 48-17-5AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Crane(13), Ehardt, Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Monks, Price, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – Andrus, Crane(12), Galaviz, Green, PalmerFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-02-29** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 24-10-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:45 a.m. on March 19, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2024 Session Law Chapter 101 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a343e814-1c03-4380-b76f-74e9f04ee7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).