---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the budget of the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the budget of the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 169"
citation: "Idaho H 169 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLIND", "BUDGETS", "DEAF", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1d55de-ba2c-4ea0-ad7b-0e5851db38eb"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0169/"
source_hash: "70af09efb2bd53d6a9924c7a49fa9ed8df2658a99d974cc49ac017d7ab60c4ba"
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 169 (2025) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the budget of the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind.

## 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/H0169.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Reported Printed and Referred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, McCann(Mosman), Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Fuhriman, Green, ManwaringFloor Sponsor - MillerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-03** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Delivered to Governor at 3:20 p.m. on March 17, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 106 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/ad1d55de-ba2c-4ea0-ad7b-0e5851db38eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).