---
type: "Bill"
title: "VITAL STATISTICS – Amends existing law to provide that original birth certificates and other records will be made available upon request to adoptees for adoptions that occur on or after July 1, 2022."
description: "VITAL STATISTICS – Amends existing law to provide that original birth certificates and other records will be made available upon request to adoptees for adoptions that occur on or after July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1320"
citation: "Idaho S 1320 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILDREN", "PARENTS", "RECORDS", "VITAL STATISTICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8d1230c-2f53-44fb-a686-24ad61ce6b32"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1320/"
source_hash: "9b81d08b7af4c7624999ff1159614f8d512a9ae23433b0e42eb71648c007f20f"
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 1320 (2022) — VITAL STATISTICS – Amends existing law to provide that original birth certificates and other records will be made available upon request to adoptees for adoptions that occur on or after July 1, 2022.

## 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/S1320.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2022-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-25** Retained on calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Agenbroad, RiggsFloor Sponsor - VickTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-03-02** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2022-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-18** Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 8 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, Dixon, Ehardt(Zollinger), Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – DeMordaunt, Manwaring, WisniewskiFloor Sponsor - YoungTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-21** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-22** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:25 p.m. on 03/22/22
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Governor on 03/28/22 Session Law Chapter 282 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/f8d1230c-2f53-44fb-a686-24ad61ce6b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).