---
type: "Bill"
title: "BOARD OF EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise the appointment procedures for the Board of Education, including establishing geographical representation of seats on the Board of Education."
description: "BOARD OF EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise the appointment procedures for the Board of Education, including establishing geographical representation of seats on the Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 644"
citation: "Idaho H 644 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-23"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0322efd9-b6fd-4bb4-afd2-de6f1bad9352"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0644/"
source_hash: "8e4d0b29ee4d99c532928d3cbed9f45ad08536de6aa64067eaaf30c81c5f8c42"
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 644 (2024) — BOARD OF EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise the appointment procedures for the Board of Education, including establishing geographical representation of seats on the Board of Education.

## 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/H0644.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **62–5** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2024-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-5-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Chew(Hansen), Gannon, Necochea, RubelAbsent – Andrus, Erickson, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Retained on calendar
- **2024-03-15** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-1-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, 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, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Bernt, Burtenshaw, CarlsonFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-19** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 11:25 a.m. on March 20, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2024 Session Law Chapter 140 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/0322efd9-b6fd-4bb4-afd2-de6f1bad9352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).