---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF DRUG POLICY – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Drug Policy for fiscal year 2024."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF DRUG POLICY – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Drug Policy for fiscal year 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 254"
citation: "Idaho H 254 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "DRUG POLICY", "OFFICE OF", "GOVERNOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f054228b-d209-4935-947d-f74886fbe0c5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0254/"
source_hash: "04184ae05433464abb8671d7a9792284bfbc7e4543fb569651a6c36e379ebab4"
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 254 (2023) — APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF DRUG POLICY – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Drug Policy for fiscal year 2024.

## 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/H0254.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–19** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2023-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2023-03-08** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-19-1AYES – Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Ehardt, Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – Crane(13)Floor Sponsor - MillerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-09** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 24-10-1AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – AdamsFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on March 16, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2023 Session Law Chapter 70 Effective: 03/20/2023 SECION 3; 07/01/2023 all other SECTIONS `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f054228b-d209-4935-947d-f74886fbe0c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).