---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring diversity statements as a condition of employment or admission."
description: "HIGHER EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring diversity statements as a condition of employment or admission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1274"
citation: "Idaho S 1274 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a2160a-bd3a-4396-8402-23f571f4a529"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1274/"
source_hash: "51364181500c6f33a580a8e4ed1bc23fc4f675ea7d158b8ed385e7ec94517c1a"
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 1274 (2024) — HIGHER EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring diversity statements as a condition of employment or admission.

## 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/S1274.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2024-02-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks(Ricks), Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Just, Lee, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BerntTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-02-22** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2024-03-06** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day; objection
- **2024-03-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **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 - 59-11-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, 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 – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Chew(Beazer), Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Necochea, Roberts, RubelAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - PetzkeTitle 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`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Governor on 03/20/24 Session Law Chapter 112 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/81a2160a-bd3a-4396-8402-23f571f4a529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).