---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABLE ACCOUNTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for ABLE accounts in the state and to establish an ABLE account advisory council."
description: "ABLE ACCOUNTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for ABLE accounts in the state and to establish an ABLE account advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 26"
citation: "Idaho H 26 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTS", "COUNCILS", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "FEDERAL LAWS AND RELATIONS", "LEGISLATURE", "REPORTS", "TREASURER", "STATE", "VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56ff283-3431-4d10-9097-7bff7b562a71"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0026/"
source_hash: "2cd3518a9cb95f8044388fbe3293a4e8e40459dc82e854906e3284ce0da8d20f"
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 26 (2025) — ABLE ACCOUNTS – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for ABLE accounts in the state and to establish an ABLE account advisory council.

## 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/H0026.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-22** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2025-02-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 10, 2025
- **2025-02-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 56-13-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green(Schubin), Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Cayler, Crane(13), Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Price, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(13), Thompson, WisniewskiAbsent – GalavizFloor Sponsor - SkaugTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-11** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 27-6-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Foreman, Galloway, Hart, Kohl, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Ruchti, TaylorFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle 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 11, 2025 Session Law Chapter 35 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/b56ff283-3431-4d10-9097-7bff7b562a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).