---
type: "Bill"
title: "TERMINATION OF A PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding conditions under which termination may be granted."
description: "TERMINATION OF A PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding conditions under which termination may be granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1021"
citation: "Idaho S 1021 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILDREN", "COURTS", "GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS", "PARENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004a600b-74b5-4229-a0d5-526ab7587220"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1021/"
source_hash: "80c89b07b3cd37827dc635ac97c31cba000b497f98225451e91d140a60130616"
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 S 1021 (2025) — TERMINATION OF A PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding conditions under which termination may be granted.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1021A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1021.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1021E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 57 Nays 5 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time as amended in the House – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **2025-02-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – ToewsFloor Sponsor - ShippyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-02-12** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2025-03-13** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-13** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2025-03-13** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2025-03-13** Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-14** Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-17** Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Rules Suspended: Ayes 57 Nays 5 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – PASSED - 61-0-9AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Crane(12), Erickson, Galaviz, Green, Mathias, Nelsen, Petzke, Raymond, RubelFloor Sponsor - RasorTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-18** Returned from House, amended
- **2025-03-18** Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
- **2025-03-18** Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
- **2025-03-18** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-03-18** Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-19** Read second time as amended in the House, filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Retained on calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read third time as amended in the House – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - ShippyTitle apvd - to enrol
- **2025-03-21** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:35 p.m. on 03/24/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor on 03/28/25 Session Law Chapter 206 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/004a600b-74b5-4229-a0d5-526ab7587220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).