---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to transfer funds from the Empowering Parents Grant Program Fund to the General Fund and to repeal the Empowering Parents Grant Program."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to transfer funds from the Empowering Parents Grant Program Fund to the General Fund and to repeal the Empowering Parents Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1142"
citation: "Idaho S 1142 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLER", "STATE", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "GRANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f58fdc-7c96-48a4-85c6-f797d672641f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1142/"
source_hash: "9b8bb2f73b6287c78258c071e37fe22fb94b09a4796535245f1299ebbf870592"
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 1142 (2025) — EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to transfer funds from the Empowering Parents Grant Program Fund to the General Fund and to repeal the Empowering Parents Grant Program.

## 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/S1142A2.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1142.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1142E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **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`
- **2025-03-27** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-3-0AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Anthon, Carlson, TaylorAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BlaylockTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-27** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** U.C. to be placed on General Orders, no objection
- **2025-04-02** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-04-02** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2025-04-02** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2025-04-02** Filed for First Reading
- **2025-04-02** Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-03** Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 56-13-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, RubelAbsent – ClowFloor Sponsor - Tanner(14)Title apvd - to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Returned from House, amended
- **2025-04-03** Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
- **2025-04-04** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-04-04** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-04-04** Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-04** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Carlson, RabeFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to enrol `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported delivered to Governor at 12:26 p.m. on 04/04/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor on 04/14/25 Session Law Chapter 328 Effective: 04/14/2025 SECTION 6 & 7; 07/01/2028 SECTION 1-5 & 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f58fdc-7c96-48a4-85c6-f797d672641f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).