---
type: "Bill"
title: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to remove outdated references to moral character."
description: "OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to remove outdated references to moral character."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "S 1368"
citation: "Idaho S 1368 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa5344db-2fee-4f52-9ccb-92efd6d1db79"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1368/"
source_hash: "cde60db3b49db94bc24b75ada3f4a77bf97831c42859e70ee3b77d270b604fe5"
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# Idaho S 1368 (2022) — OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends existing law to remove outdated references to moral character.

## 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/S1368.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-03-04** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2022-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-15** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – CrabtreeAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-16** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2022-03-16** Read First Time, Referred to Business
- **2022-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-23** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Ferch, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring(Tovey), 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, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Furniss, MarshallFloor Sponsor - DeMordauntTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2022-03-24** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2022-03-25** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:30 a.m. on 03/25/22
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 246 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/22 Session Law Chapter 246 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/fa5344db-2fee-4f52-9ccb-92efd6d1db79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).