---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions for the protection of certain speech on college campuses."
description: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions for the protection of certain speech on college campuses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 240"
citation: "Idaho H 240 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "SPEECH", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b97e9f05-ff84-4acf-9c5c-8ff8a5544a6c"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0240/"
source_hash: "b2f80d5301b345808a0965030e70097939f90e3f592b2cdb563632bda8c5f2d0"
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 240 (2025) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions for the protection of certain speech on college campuses.

## 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/H0240.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2025-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 55-15-0AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Church, Egbert, Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Rubel, SauterAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - EhardtTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-03-05** Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-6-3AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – Adams, Lent, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - CookTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 12:03 p.m. on March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2025 Session Law Chapter 194 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/b97e9f05-ff84-4acf-9c5c-8ff8a5544a6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).