---
type: "Bill"
title: "RUNAWAYS – Amends existing law to revise an exemption for certain violations for licensed children’s residential care facilities, registered children’s institutions, and behavioral health youth crisis centers that provide emergency runaway services."
description: "RUNAWAYS – Amends existing law to revise an exemption for certain violations for licensed children’s residential care facilities, registered children’s institutions, and behavioral health youth crisis centers that provide emergency runaway services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 46"
citation: "Idaho H 46 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "CHILDREN", "GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS", "HEALTH", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PARENTS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9daf49ea-9453-4377-84d8-04844172e072"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0046/"
source_hash: "6cf27c1889edef2ff0c39832cf59432f4403ccae9f93c9890a87fa4078b355cf"
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 46 (2025) — RUNAWAYS – Amends existing law to revise an exemption for certain violations for licensed children’s residential care facilities, registered children’s institutions, and behavioral health youth crisis centers that provide emergency runaway services.

## 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/H0046.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 17, 2025
- **2025-02-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-1-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, 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 – GannonAbsent – MickelsenFloor Sponsor - PriceTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `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`
- **2025-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-1-3AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Adams, Galloway, Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - LenneyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-17** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 18, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 100 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/9daf49ea-9453-4377-84d8-04844172e072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).