---
type: "Bill"
title: "REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance."
description: "REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 199"
citation: "Idaho H 199 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCIES", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "INSURANCE", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS", "MEDICAL", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bf3dafa-ca54-4e3a-b546-d0cf851e0fe5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0199/"
source_hash: "34bf9f1def1a1cae72107230f14c06e28c76687a666f02cdfdd429574ccaccc5"
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 199 (2025) — REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0199.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2025-02-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-8-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Mathias, RubelAbsent – GreenFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - KeyserTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Delivered to Governor at 11:40 a.m. on March 19, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2025 Session Law Chapter 166 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bf3dafa-ca54-4e3a-b546-d0cf851e0fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).