---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to exempt certain public charter schools from having to demonstrate strong academic results to qualify for the Public Charter School Facilities Program and to revise a limitation on issuing bonds under the Public Charter School Facilities Program."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to exempt certain public charter schools from having to demonstrate strong academic results to qualify for the Public Charter School Facilities Program and to revise a limitation on issuing bonds under the Public Charter School Facilities Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1042"
citation: "Idaho S 1042 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d50e3d-295b-4cdd-a27f-0e85d6ddc9f6"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1042/"
source_hash: "5e50e963e531e332f6c032e175c8b605e7333225df31434c791b142003128209"
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 1042 (2023) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to exempt certain public charter schools from having to demonstrate strong academic results to qualify for the Public Charter School Facilities Program and to revise a limitation on issuing bonds under the Public Charter School Facilities Program.

## 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/S1042A2.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1042.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1042E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2023-02-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2023-02-23** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2023-02-23** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2023-02-23** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2023-02-24** Amendments reported printed
- **2023-02-24** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2023-02-24** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2023-02-27** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Burtenshaw, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House
- **2023-03-07** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-07** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2023-03-15** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2023-03-16** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-1-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, 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, Mathias(Woodings), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, 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 – BerchAbsent – MillerFloor Sponsor - HormanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-17** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-20** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:58 a.m. on 03/21/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor on 03/22/23 Session Law Chapter 118 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/74d50e3d-295b-4cdd-a27f-0e85d6ddc9f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).