---
type: "Bill"
title: "MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, AND EMBALMERS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board composition, licensee qualifications, fees, the certification of licensed funeral establishments, contracts, and advertising."
description: "MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, AND EMBALMERS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board composition, licensee qualifications, fees, the certification of licensed funeral establishments, contracts, and advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 419"
citation: "Idaho H 419 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNERALS", "LICENSES", "MORTICIANS", "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES BUREAU"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d199d904-1378-44ca-891f-3b0b9e0bb9d8"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0419/"
source_hash: "1206d8e0b2e0fd039ee005bb2be226e70b9b8610703e821f1e8a204f88bae86d"
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 419 (2020) — MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, AND EMBALMERS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board composition, licensee qualifications, fees, the certification of licensed funeral establishments, contracts, and advertising.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0419.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **28–1** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-07** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2020-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Shepherd, WintrowFloor Sponsor - LickleyTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-19** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-19** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-16** Retained on calendar
- **2020-03-17** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-1-6AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardNAYS – HarrisAbsent and excused – Crabtree, Grow, Hill, Jordan, Nelson, WinderFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-18** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-18** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-19** Delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 257 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d199d904-1378-44ca-891f-3b0b9e0bb9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).