---
type: "Bill"
title: "DAYCARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding daycare licenses."
description: "DAYCARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding daycare licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 243"
citation: "Idaho H 243 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "DAYCARE", "GOVERNMENT", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa7616ac-0c68-417a-8ac3-d082eb753d47"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0243/"
source_hash: "d488bda9afb9f242f267ab4295a62dabb1ab2d1a18cfc77f05097af0b2d60b69"
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 243 (2025) — DAYCARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding daycare licenses.

## 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/H0243A2.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0243.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0243E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **54–15** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 3 Abs/Excd 7, read in full as required – — **55–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE 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 Health & Welfare
- **2025-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-27** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 54-15-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Nelsen, Rubel, WheelerAbsent – Crane(13)Floor Sponsors - Ehardt & FurnissTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-28** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-12** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-12** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-12** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-12** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-12** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-13** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bernt, Goodrich(Rabe), Guthrie, Harris, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-17** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-17** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-17** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-18** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-18** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-19** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 3 Abs/Excd 7, read in full as required – PASSED - 55-7-8AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Church, Egbert, Gannon, Green, Mathias, RubelAbsent – Achilles, Galaviz, Garner, Hill(Hill), Mickelsen, Sauter, Skaug, WheelerFloor Sponsor - EhardtTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 21, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2025 Session Law Chapter 185 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa7616ac-0c68-417a-8ac3-d082eb753d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).