---
type: "Bill"
title: "WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove certain provisions for verification of lawful presence to receive public benefits."
description: "WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove certain provisions for verification of lawful presence to receive public benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 135"
citation: "Idaho H 135 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANTS", "MEDICAL", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba1ab1e-a090-4f00-9522-391ee316dd04"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0135/"
source_hash: "255f5b44d1522684fcc23897c6aa52786493b8099e9fa760bf64386afafa8dab"
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 135 (2025) — WELFARE – Amends existing law to remove certain provisions for verification of lawful presence to receive public benefits.

## 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/2025/legislation/H0135.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **46–22** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2025-03-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-03-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 17, 2025
- **2025-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 46-22-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Egbert, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Miller, Nelsen, Pickett, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, WheelerAbsent – Erickson, PetzkeFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-26** Retained on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-9-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Burtenshaw, Guthrie, Lent, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - HartTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor at 4:20 p.m. on April 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 3, 2025 Session Law Chapter 275 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/fba1ab1e-a090-4f00-9522-391ee316dd04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).