---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to revise training and practice requirements and fees for licensure for counselors and therapists."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to revise training and practice requirements and fees for licensure for counselors and therapists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 3"
citation: "Idaho H 3 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bfa39cd-a3f4-4d5b-ab13-cd338136c7df"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0003/"
source_hash: "fc15c8ebd15fb8ac95189645da548bb9fb109e6b76325abad51ca987a506d640"
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 3 (2019) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to revise training and practice requirements and fees for licensure for counselors and therapists.

## 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/2019/legislation/H0003.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **24–10** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **41–28** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2019-01-23** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-01-25** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, January 28, 2019
- **2019-01-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-01-29** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 41-28-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Berch, Blanksma, Chew, Collins, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kingsley, Lickley, Mason, McCrostie, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Anderson(Anderson), Barbieri, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Green(2), Harris, Kerby, Marshall, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – PalmerFloor Sponsor - KingsleyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-01-30** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 24-10-1AYES – Agenbroad, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Crabtree, Grow, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Mortimer, VickAbsent and excused – RiceFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-03-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to Governor at 10:50 a.m. on March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Reported Signed by Governor on March 7, 2019 Session Law Chapter 57 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bfa39cd-a3f4-4d5b-ab13-cd338136c7df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).