---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to remove a provision that limits public comment at school board meetings to items listed on the meeting agenda."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to remove a provision that limits public comment at school board meetings to items listed on the meeting agenda."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1007"
citation: "Idaho S 1007 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEETINGS", "PUBLIC", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SPEECH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630a27cd-07d7-4eda-ae77-47e447401878"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1007/"
source_hash: "a478613fb094927240debdfd77959b8e6c916bab89838c7309648cdcc4cd1658"
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 S 1007 (2025) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to remove a provision that limits public comment at school board meetings to items listed on the meeting agenda.

## 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/S1007A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1007.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1007E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **56–10** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-02-25** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-02-25** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2025-02-25** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2025-02-25** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-02-25** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-02-25** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-02-26** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 25-9-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Burtenshaw, Guthrie, Harris, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – WoodwardFloor Sponsor - CarlsonTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-03** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 56-10-4AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Sauter, Scott(Scott), Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church(Caldwell), Egbert, Furniss, Galaviz, Green, Nelsen, Raymond, RubelAbsent – Bruce, Hill, Mathias, ShirtsFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-10** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-10** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:08 p.m. on 03/11/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Governor on 03/17/25 Session Law Chapter 89 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/630a27cd-07d7-4eda-ae77-47e447401878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).