---
type: "Bill"
title: "FETAL HEARTBEAT PREBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding a civil cause of action when an abortion has been attempted or performed."
description: "FETAL HEARTBEAT PREBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding a civil cause of action when an abortion has been attempted or performed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1171"
citation: "Idaho S 1171 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "CHILDREN", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "MEDICAL", "PARENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb82abd8-c5ea-4a07-825f-fd31b85a99ce"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1171/"
source_hash: "10f66ced15250973d8e6f912a1ba85fe74792c2352e5c7162e8403279615bfe9"
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 1171 (2025) — FETAL HEARTBEAT PREBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding a civil cause of action when an abortion has been attempted or performed.

## 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/S1171A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1171.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1171E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-03-21** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-03-21** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2025-03-21** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-21** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-03-21** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-03-21** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-03-24** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Patterson(Ward-Engelking)Absent and excused – Ruchti, ShippyFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-25** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Reported out of Committee, Returned to the Desk for re-referral
- **2025-03-25** Referred to State Affairs
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-3-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Sauter, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude(Harris), Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Church, Egbert, MathiasAbsent – Galaviz, Raymond, RubelFloor Sponsor - SkaugTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-04-03** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-04-03** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:26 a.m. on 04/04/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor on 04/04/25 Session Law Chapter 307 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/cb82abd8-c5ea-4a07-825f-fd31b85a99ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).