---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program."
description: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1290"
citation: "Idaho S 1290 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "LOANS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/356c3502-8e01-4c88-a5fb-635af4f154d4"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1290/"
source_hash: "fb8117c816d10cb4c76d71969fa78808bccb634cb583a108fc4e277d4790929d"
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 1290 (2022) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish the Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1290.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 61 Nays 7 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **37–30** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **25–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-11** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-24** Retained on calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-7-3AYES – Agenbroad, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Grow, Guthrie, Heider, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Riggs, Semmelroth, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bayer, Den Hartog, Harris, Lakey, Ricks, ZitoAbsent and excused – Funk(Souza), Rice, VickFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-02-28** Read First Time, Referred to Education
- **2022-03-15** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-16** Rules Suspended: Ayes 61 Nays 7 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 37-30-3AYES – Armstrong, Berch, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Dixon, Erickson, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Green, Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mitchell, Nash, Necochea, Rubel, Ruchti, Syme, Toone, Troy, Weber, Wood, Yamamoto, YoungbloodNAYS – Addis, Amador, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Cannon, Christensen, Crane, DeMordaunt, Ehardt(Zollinger), Ferch, Galloway, Giddings, Hanks, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Adams, Harris, SkaugFloor Sponsor - TooneTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-17** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-21** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:45 p.m. on 03/21/22
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 227 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 227 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/356c3502-8e01-4c88-a5fb-635af4f154d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).