---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding civics instruction."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding civics instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 397"
citation: "Idaho H 397 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4dfab6-1691-4189-a04d-d936046cb8e1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0397/"
source_hash: "f25d66fbe62faa83d326c9d28c3877284b72f89ef5b8960d66786bc8fb2d1ce9"
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 397 (2025) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding civics instruction.

## 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/H0397.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-3-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Gannon, NelsenAbsent – Erickson, Mathias, PetzkeFloor Sponsor - WisniewskiTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Burtenshaw, RuchtiFloor Sponsor - CarlsonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 4:20 p.m. on April 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2025 Session Law Chapter 279 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/bb4dfab6-1691-4189-a04d-d936046cb8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).