---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding essential caregivers and to require health care facilities to establish policies regarding certain visitation requests."
description: "HEALTH – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding essential caregivers and to require health care facilities to establish policies regarding certain visitation requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 193"
citation: "Idaho H 193 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING", "NURSING HOMES", "AND RESIDENTIAL CARE", "HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7a12ce-3616-4f6d-98c6-6747a77e1a94"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0193/"
source_hash: "76fb4b69104a7b5beaa6810da3700b9226752f1e17e1b684e0717ed13bebab97"
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 193 (2023) — HEALTH – Amends existing law to clarify provisions regarding essential caregivers and to require health care facilities to establish policies regarding certain visitation requests.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0193A3.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0193.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0193E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **66–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2023-03-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 66-2-2AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, BurnsAbsent – Green, ManwaringFloor Sponsor - YoungTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-08** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-03-22** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2023-03-22** Amendments ordered printed
- **2023-03-22** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-22** Amendments reported printed
- **2023-03-22** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2023-03-23** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Jones(Rabe), Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – RicksFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House
- **2023-03-28** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2023-03-28** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2023-03-28** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2023-03-28** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2023-03-28** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2023-03-28** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 66-3-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Burns, MathiasAbsent – NashFloor Sponsor - YoungTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2023-03-29** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-29** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 30, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2023 Session Law Chapter 300 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7a12ce-3616-4f6d-98c6-6747a77e1a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).