---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions requiring permission for instruction addressing human sexuality."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions requiring permission for instruction addressing human sexuality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 239"
citation: "Idaho H 239 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "EDUCATION", "GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS", "PARENTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c5da36-05cd-431d-bbc9-00bc98beff9f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0239/"
source_hash: "ec794a558fe471bd4ff93b33ca0505810cbb683f9fd6c9c525a6932444204747"
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 239 (2025) — EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions requiring permission for instruction addressing human sexuality.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0239A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0239.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0239E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — **58–12** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **56–10** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2025-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 58-12-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, 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, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Clow, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Nelsen, Rubel, SauterAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - EhardtTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Read third time as amended in the Senate – 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 – Patterson(Ward-Engelking), Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-25** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-25** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-25** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-25** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-25** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-26** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 56-10-4AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green(Lesmeister), Mathias, Nelsen, RubelAbsent – Cannon, Crane(13), Skaug, WeberFloor Sponsor - EhardtTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Delivered to Governor at 11:11 a.m. on March 28, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 234 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c5da36-05cd-431d-bbc9-00bc98beff9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).