---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to remove provisions previously related to the Department of Health and Welfare that are now assigned to other state agencies."
description: "HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to remove provisions previously related to the Department of Health and Welfare that are now assigned to other state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 202"
citation: "Idaho H 202 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION DEPARTMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "JUVENILE CORRECTIONS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eacb468-8bec-4168-b6f7-d682705183b8"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0202/"
source_hash: "d49d792ff07eda2beb9d8a297d02c383240af62db97ad6822fa3be9a67d58784"
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 202 (2025) — HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to remove provisions previously related to the Department of Health and Welfare that are now assigned to other state agencies.

## 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/H0202.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-02-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 17, 2025
- **2025-02-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, 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 – MickelsenFloor Sponsor - McCannTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **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`
- **2025-03-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-1-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - VanOrdenTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Delivered to Governor at 8:10 a.m. on March 11, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Reported Signed by Governor on March 12, 2025 Session Law Chapter 47 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/6eacb468-8bec-4168-b6f7-d682705183b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).