---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the succession to property of deceased residents of veterans homes."
description: "VETERANS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the succession to property of deceased residents of veterans homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1037"
citation: "Idaho S 1037 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "MILITARY AND MILITIA", "PROPERTY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a2f66f-1dd8-4902-a88c-6618d5dc2705"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1037/"
source_hash: "686afe6f4e6d1805f3596bc79837a69e9eba9f0621dc5c3d53c5f2ac89ec1b40"
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 1037 (2025) — VETERANS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the succession to property of deceased residents of veterans homes.

## 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/S1037.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2025-02-03** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ForemanTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-02-06** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-0-4AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Crane(12), Erickson, Mathias, PetzkeFloor Sponsor - ShirtsTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-18** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:50 p.m. on 03/19/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor on 03/25/25 Session Law Chapter 170 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/a8a2f66f-1dd8-4902-a88c-6618d5dc2705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).