---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD PROTECTION – Adds to existing law to provide for parental rights during certain child protection investigations."
description: "CHILD PROTECTION – Adds to existing law to provide for parental rights during certain child protection investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1232"
citation: "Idaho S 1232 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "SOCIAL WORK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628060ed-ed12-4804-8b23-f3cd8950fbb5"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1232/"
source_hash: "b9a5196bd5dc21d932e98720ec3e5cd470477d7805293024bc5707cd263a053c"
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 1232 (2024) — CHILD PROTECTION – Adds to existing law to provide for parental rights during certain child protection investigations.

## 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/2024/legislation/S1232A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1232.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1232E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2024-02-07** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2024-02-07** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2024-02-07** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2024-02-08** Amendments reported printed
- **2024-02-08** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2024-02-08** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2024-02-09** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, 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, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HerndonTitle apvd - to House
- **2024-02-20** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-02-20** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-6-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(McKnight), Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Burns, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – GalavizFloor Sponsor - ScottTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-13** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Reported delivered to Governor at 1 p.m. on 03/14/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Signed by Governor on 03/18/24 Session Law Chapter 64 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/628060ed-ed12-4804-8b23-f3cd8950fbb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).