---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARCHITECTS – Amends existing law to provide for certified interior designers to be able to sign and seal certain technical submissions and to make such submissions to state or local governmental entities."
description: "ARCHITECTS – Amends existing law to provide for certified interior designers to be able to sign and seal certain technical submissions and to make such submissions to state or local governmental entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 790"
citation: "Idaho H 790 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTS", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506c9682-a1c8-4460-9d9c-476a2d94dea5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0790/"
source_hash: "81d5ad24b5622b4f04cc5ba162aafbd147a37631c31ebc08888a0a66ad5e50a9"
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 790 (2026) — ARCHITECTS – Amends existing law to provide for certified interior designers to be able to sign and seal certain technical submissions and to make such submissions to state or local governmental entities.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0790.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **37–32** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2026-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 37-32-1AYES – Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Healey, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, McCann, Miller, Mitchell, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Bingham, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Crane(13), Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Garner, Hawkins, Haws, Hill, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Monks, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Rubel, Scott, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, WisniewskiAbsent – ChurchFloor Sponsor - HealeyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Foreman, Hart, Kohl, Ruchti, Taylor, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-26** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Delivered to Governor at 12:01 p.m. on March 27, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2026 Session Law Chapter 219 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/506c9682-a1c8-4460-9d9c-476a2d94dea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).