---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH – Adds to existing law to prohibit pelvic exams of anesthetized and unconscious patients except under certain circumstances."
description: "HEALTH – Adds to existing law to prohibit pelvic exams of anesthetized and unconscious patients except under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 526"
citation: "Idaho H 526 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31a9cefb-6c18-40bc-a6fd-e05d09a1d84b"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0526/"
source_hash: "2f0666dbd2f7ad46daefa6518d9a47a0c19030f7b90894522ede81cc88bdb52d"
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 526 (2024) — HEALTH – Adds to existing law to prohibit pelvic exams of anesthetized and unconscious patients except under certain circumstances.

## 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/H0526.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2024-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Hansen), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Andrus, Erickson, Horman, Miller, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - GreenTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – ForemanAbsent and excused – LeeFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 21, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2024 Session Law Chapter 183 Effective: 03/25/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31a9cefb-6c18-40bc-a6fd-e05d09a1d84b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).