---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION COMPLICATIONS REPORTING ACT – Adds to and amends existing law to enact the Abortion Complications Reporting Act."
description: "ABORTION COMPLICATIONS REPORTING ACT – Adds to and amends existing law to enact the Abortion Complications Reporting Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 638"
citation: "Idaho H 638 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "ACTS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS", "REPORTS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c37f29b4-556f-4d2a-b92f-3f47c16098a8"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0638/"
source_hash: "bb91b2aee1f40ba630b37554ba5bffe8d322905a13ed56f30236be003b724616"
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 638 (2018) — ABORTION COMPLICATIONS REPORTING ACT – Adds to and amends existing law to enact the Abortion Complications Reporting Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0638.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **21–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2018-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 56-13-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Widmyer), McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Troy(Goesling), VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Chew, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), King, Kloc(Tway), Manwaring, McCrostie, Rubel, Smith, Toone, Wintrow, WoodAbsent – GestrinFloor Sponsor - ChaneyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-02** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 21-14-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Nonini, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Vick, WinderNAYS – Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Guthrie, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-EngelkingAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-22** Reported Signed by Governor on March 22, 2018 Session Law Chapter 225 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c37f29b4-556f-4d2a-b92f-3f47c16098a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).