---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTIONS – Amends existing law to revise adoptee access to adoption records."
description: "ADOPTIONS – Amends existing law to revise adoptee access to adoption records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 47"
citation: "Idaho H 47 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILDREN", "HEALTH", "MEDICAL", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf3ed3f4-773f-4c63-ab75-1dc6349e16c3"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0047/"
source_hash: "bc75dbfc7a66cd55500bd3bb2f8c0a1ebbcfe646486ccb0a2a556e28f1d8ce04"
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 47 (2025) — ADOPTIONS – Amends existing law to revise adoptee access to adoption records.

## 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/H0047.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **30–4** (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
- **2025-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-4-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, 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 – Achilles, Berch, Church, GreenAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsors - Ehardt & EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Semmelroth, Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - ShippyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `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`
- **2025-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2025 Session Law Chapter 152 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/cf3ed3f4-773f-4c63-ab75-1dc6349e16c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).