---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHARTER SCHOOLS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Accelerating Public Charter Schools Act to provide for public charter schools that operate independently from traditional schools."
description: "CHARTER SCHOOLS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Accelerating Public Charter Schools Act to provide for public charter schools that operate independently from traditional schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 422"
citation: "Idaho H 422 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ab2db56-f822-4169-944f-bab6e1acafbd"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0422/"
source_hash: "5c22b5baf8fc78115c6dfecea8e88a70fcfbe49f2a0efb108251e18dbd726b03"
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 422 (2024) — CHARTER SCHOOLS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Accelerating Public Charter Schools Act to provide for public charter schools that operate independently from traditional schools.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0422.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2024-01-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-3-1AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Wilson), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, 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, Nash(Coberly), NecocheaAbsent – HoltzclawFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Anthon, ToewsFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-02-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-02-21** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** Delivered to Governor at 11:50 a.m. on February 22, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Reported Signed by Governor on February 27, 2024 Session Law Chapter 9 Effective: 02/27/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ab2db56-f822-4169-944f-bab6e1acafbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).