---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT – Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Launch Grant Program and to revise provisions regarding the In-Demand Careers Fund."
description: "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT – Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Launch Grant Program and to revise provisions regarding the In-Demand Careers Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 24"
citation: "Idaho H 24 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FUNDS", "GRANTS", "SCHOLARSHIPS", "STUDENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c1befb-7823-4d5f-b953-51dad7f1fe4d"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0024/"
source_hash: "308c1a6d56b2f20320dba60e771fcd35ef82adc3dfbcfabb70bacd283248da58"
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 24 (2023) — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT – Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Launch Grant Program and to revise provisions regarding the In-Demand Careers Fund.

## 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/2023/legislation/H0024.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **36–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2023-02-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 6, 2023
- **2023-02-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 36-34-0AYES – Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Dixon(24), Durrant, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hill, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, YamamotoNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey(Galloway), Holtzclaw(Yorgason), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-02-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-03-20** Reported out without amendments; filed for second reading
- **2023-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Read third time in full – PASSED - 20-15-0AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Adams, Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-23** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 4:53 p.m. on March 23, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2023 Session Law Chapter 174 Effective: 07/01/2023; 12/31/2027 Sunset Clause - SECTION 6 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c1befb-7823-4d5f-b953-51dad7f1fe4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).