--- type: "Bill" title: "OPTOMETRISTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding licenses." description: "OPTOMETRISTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding licenses." jurisdiction: "us/states/id" legislature: "Idaho Legislature" session: "2017" identifier: "H 11" citation: "Idaho H 11 (2017)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["HEALTH", "LICENSES", "MEDICAL", "OPTOMETRY AND OPTOMETRISTS", "PROFESSIONS"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 0 action_count: 29 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-01-16" last_action: "2017-04-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3653979c-b7a7-41c0-a830-196f1f278b8e" source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0011/" source_hash: "2c458155d6fc7be8147632c913b69ffea584b19ead204ed903496c025582c179" 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 11 (2017) — OPTOMETRISTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding licenses. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. ## Votes - Read Third Time in Full – — **48–21** (pass) · legislature - Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **28–6** (pass) · legislature - Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **45–23** (pass) · legislature ## Sponsors - HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-01-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction` - **2017-01-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare - **2017-02-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading - **2017-02-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading - **2017-02-08** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 48-21-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Chaney, Collins, Crane, Dixon, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Mendive(Mendive), Miller, Monks, Moon, Nate, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Trujillo, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – YoungbloodFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage` - **2017-02-09** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading - **2017-02-09** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction` - **2017-02-23** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment - **2017-03-14** Placed in the Committee of the Whole - **2017-03-14** Amendments ordered printed - **2017-03-14** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading - **2017-03-14** Amendments reported printed - **2017-03-14** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading - **2017-03-15** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading - **2017-03-16** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 28-6-1AYES – Ackerman(Den Hartog), Agenbroad, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Bair, Foreman, Nonini, Rice, Siddoway, VickAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage` - **2017-03-17** Returned from the Senate Amended - **2017-03-17** Referred to Health & Welfare for concurrence recommendation - **2017-03-21** House Concurred in Senate Amendments - **2017-03-21** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing - **2017-03-22** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills - **2017-03-22** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading - **2017-03-23** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading - **2017-03-24** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 45-23-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Burtenshaw, Chew, Clow, Dayley, Dixon, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Cheatham, Collins, Crane, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kerby, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Thompson, Trujillo, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – DeMordaunt, ErpeldingFloor Sponsor - WoodTitle apvd - to enrol `reading-3, passage` - **2017-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate - **2017-03-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker - **2017-03-28** Signed by President; returned to House - **2017-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor - **2017-03-29** Delivered to Governor at 3:17 p.m. on March 28, 2017 - **2017-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 230 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3653979c-b7a7-41c0-a830-196f1f278b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).