---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for an occupational and professional licensure review committee, to provide for universal licensure, to provide that a person with a criminal conviction may inquire about the potential to become licensed in a profession or occupation, and to provide for evaluation of criminal convictions and language regarding persons with criminal convictions."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for an occupational and professional licensure review committee, to provide for universal licensure, to provide that a person with a criminal conviction may inquire about the potential to become licensed in a profession or occupation, and to provide for evaluation of criminal convictions and language regarding persons with criminal convictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S 1351"
citation: "Idaho S 1351 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES", "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES BUREAU", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5ec6a10-0be6-43ee-8c23-f757dfbefb52"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1351/"
source_hash: "e762aa98272af0ff267014239fd773a9bcb2b0573d1ef3667a666ccd2a638f91"
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 S 1351 (2020) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for an occupational and professional licensure review committee, to provide for universal licensure, to provide that a person with a criminal conviction may inquire about the potential to become licensed in a profession or occupation, and to provide for evaluation of criminal convictions and language regarding persons with criminal convictions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1351A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1351.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1351E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **49–19** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2020-02-26** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2020-02-27** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-02-27** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2020-02-27** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2020-02-28** Amendments reported printed
- **2020-02-28** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2020-02-28** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2020-03-02** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2020-03-02** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – MartinAbsent and excused – LentFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2020-03-03** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2020-03-05** Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Business
- **2020-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 49-19-2AYES – Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Furniss, Gestrin, Giddings, Goesling, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Abernathy, Anderson, Anderst, Berch, Chew, Davis, Ellis, Gannon, Gibbs, Green, Kauffman, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Necochea, Toone, Wagoner, Wood, YoungbloodAbsent – Rubel, WintrowFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-11** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-13** Reported delivered to Governor at 12 noon on 03/13/20
- **2020-03-17** Signed by Governor on 03/17/20 Session Law Chapter 175 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/b5ec6a10-0be6-43ee-8c23-f757dfbefb52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).