---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Adds to existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall seek a waiver to exclude candy and soda from supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits."
description: "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Adds to existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall seek a waiver to exclude candy and soda from supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 109"
citation: "Idaho H 109 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b34511c-2750-4022-89c9-c56041e5a05f"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0109/"
source_hash: "b30755a53a1a93367aaf40c77606a5e8a0b33bbfd58e1b0deb5ff632ad5817cf"
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 109 (2025) — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE – Adds to existing law to provide that the director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall seek a waiver to exclude candy and soda from supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0109A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0109.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0109E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time as amended in the Senate – — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full as amended in Senate – — **48–20** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **38–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2025-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 3, 2025
- **2025-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 38-32-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Cannon, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Ehardt, Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burgoyne, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Horman, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Pohanka, Rubel, Sauter, Skaug, Thompson, Wheeler, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 25-10-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – Foreman, Guthrie, Hart, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House
- **2025-03-27** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-27** House Concurred in Senate Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Returned from the Senate Amended; Held at Desk
- **2025-03-27** Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
- **2025-03-27** Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
- **2025-03-27** Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-28** Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Read third time in full as amended in Senate – PASSED - 48-20-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burgoyne, Church, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Gannon, Garner, Green, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Rubel, Sauter, Skaug, Thompson, WheelerAbsent – Galaviz, RaymondFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-31** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 3:29 p.m. on April 1, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 15, 2025 Session Law Chapter 340 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b34511c-2750-4022-89c9-c56041e5a05f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).