---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEBT COLLECTION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Patient Act to provide requirements for certain medical debt collections."
description: "DEBT COLLECTION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Patient Act to provide requirements for certain medical debt collections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 515"
citation: "Idaho H 515 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "DEBTORS AND CREDITORS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba123e7-3f25-44cd-9975-ad75df9bbbd0"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0515/"
source_hash: "09eaf8ed218ef5de120d795128acac92ada0a5938f55e123b5fa2798f92c89f9"
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 515 (2020) — DEBT COLLECTION – Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Patient Act to provide requirements for certain medical debt collections.

## 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/H0515.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **49–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2020-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – U.C. to be placed on General Orders; objection
- **2020-02-24** Motion to send to Gen Ord, motion failed
- **2020-02-24** PASSED - 49-20-1AYES – Abernathy, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Blanksma, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Monks, Moyle, Necochea, Palmer, Raybould(Erickson), Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Addis, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Christensen, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Nichols, Remington, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – ArmstrongFloor Sponsor - MonksTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-09** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – VickAbsent and excused – Bayer, BurgoyneFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-12** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-12** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:50 a.m. on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Reported Signed by Governor on March 16, 2020 Session Law Chapter 139 Effective: 01/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba123e7-3f25-44cd-9975-ad75df9bbbd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).