---
type: "Bill"
title: "DAYCARE – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensing of daycare facilities."
description: "DAYCARE – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensing of daycare facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 312"
citation: "Idaho H 312 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CODES", "DAYCARE", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES", "RULES", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93dba1d9-c214-4908-ae88-883ecb89d112"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0312/"
source_hash: "5a3274665d3cb491a63aa7fc5ad3cea7db53095f779dd92022a8c81947e58369"
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 312 (2025) — DAYCARE – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensing of daycare facilities.

## 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/H0312.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2025-03-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-3-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church(Caldwell), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Dygert, NelsenAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BurgoyneTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-6-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardNAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Ruchti, Taylor, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Lent, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - LenneyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 12:03 p.m. on March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2025 Session Law Chapter 186 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93dba1d9-c214-4908-ae88-883ecb89d112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).