---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION – Amends existing law to prohibit adoption placement or advertisement by unlicensed entities."
description: "ADOPTION – Amends existing law to prohibit adoption placement or advertisement by unlicensed entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1368"
citation: "Idaho S 1368 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILDREN", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c5cbc2-1d26-4d2c-88ba-4ae152a4f230"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1368/"
source_hash: "3eab809a6bdb5d825a88e402ce8d1c3fe581dc91d7a6fcb086a8d09110380c0c"
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 1368 (2024) — ADOPTION – Amends existing law to prohibit adoption placement or advertisement by unlicensed entities.

## 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/S1368.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **37–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2024-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-3-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – Hart, Herndon, LenneyAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - VanOrdenTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-05** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 37-32-1AYES – Achilles, Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Cornilles, Dixon(24), Durrant, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wroten, YamamotoNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Clow, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Johnson), Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – HormanFloor Sponsor - GreenTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-26** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-26** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:43 a.m. on 03/27/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Signed by Governor on 03/28/24 Session Law Chapter 232 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/88c5cbc2-1d26-4d2c-88ba-4ae152a4f230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).