---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – CHILD CARE GRANTS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2023."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – CHILD CARE GRANTS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "S 1203"
citation: "Idaho S 1203 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272a6058-cd23-4fbc-85c6-2e0a2d23ccfa"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1203/"
source_hash: "46a99c7f5b717b836397b5e5ae5a7806f32351fc5262cc87e3fcfa3d3ffa0e58"
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 1203 (2023) — APPROPRIATIONS – CHILD CARE GRANTS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2023.

## 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/S1203.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **43–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FINANCE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Reported Printed; referred to Finance
- **2023-03-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 21-14-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hart, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - CookTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2023-03-28** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 43-27-0AYES – Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Dixon(24), Durrant, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Boyle, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RaybouldTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-29** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-30** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2023-03-30** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Reported delivered to Governor at 1:50 p.m. on 03/30/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor on 04/05/23 Session Law Chapter 304 Effective: 04/05/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/272a6058-cd23-4fbc-85c6-2e0a2d23ccfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).