---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2026."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 251"
citation: "Idaho H 251 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BLIND", "COMMISSIONS", "DEAF", "LOTTERY", "STATE", "POLICE", "IDAHO STATE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS", "TOBACCO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17600ef8-3c03-488d-96d4-9e47ca637d93"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0251/"
source_hash: "b4e4ac099a1b0de084782df3dcbc6b66bef62181279302f03868145879bfe13f"
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 251 (2025) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2026.

## 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/H0251.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **65–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS 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; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-02-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-2-3AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, BerchAbsent – Achilles, Green, SkaugFloor Sponsor - PriceTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-1-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – LenneyAbsent and excused – Ruchti, Taylor, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle 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 43 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/17600ef8-3c03-488d-96d4-9e47ca637d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).