--- type: "Bill" title: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education." description: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education." jurisdiction: "us/states/id" legislature: "Idaho Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "S 1198" citation: "Idaho S 1198 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "DISCRIMINATION", "EDUCATION", "SPEECH", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 3 action_count: 26 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-03-26" last_action: "2025-04-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d1a98f-55b4-44a3-b867-aa316520544e" source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1198/" source_hash: "0eed2b9dc6d507b5e1251c665a61af02b5fce98d47bd1a397575d4769654054d" 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 1198 (2025) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to establish provisions to ensure freedom of inquiry in higher education. ## 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/S1198A2.pdf) 2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1198.pdf) 3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1198E1.pdf) ## Votes - Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **52–17** (pass) · lower - Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **27–8** (pass) · upper - Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **23–12** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-26** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction` - **2025-03-27** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs - **2025-03-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-31** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Guthrie, Lent, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe)Absent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-01** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading - **2025-04-01** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders - **2025-04-02** Referred to the Committee of the Whole - **2025-04-02** Reported out without recommendation as amended - **2025-04-02** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing - **2025-04-02** Filed for First Reading - **2025-04-02** Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading - **2025-04-03** Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-03** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 52-17-1AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude(Harris), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Petzke, Raybould, Rubel, Sauter, WeberAbsent – ClowFloor Sponsor - BoyleTitle apvd - to Senate - **2025-04-03** Returned from House, amended - **2025-04-03** Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence - **2025-04-03** Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment - **2025-04-04** Amendments reported printed - **2025-04-04** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended - **2025-04-04** Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading - **2025-04-04** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 23-12-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Burtenshaw, Cook, Guthrie, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to enrol `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker - **2025-04-04** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage` - **2025-04-04** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-04** Reported delivered to Governor at 12:26 p.m. on 04/04/25 `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor on 04/04/25 Session Law Chapter 317 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/15d1a98f-55b4-44a3-b867-aa316520544e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).