---
type: "Bill"
title: "MIDWIFERY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for a licensed midwife to obtain and administer medication indicated for maternal care or neonatal care if a midwife possesses requisite education, training, and experience."
description: "MIDWIFERY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for a licensed midwife to obtain and administer medication indicated for maternal care or neonatal care if a midwife possesses requisite education, training, and experience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 639"
citation: "Idaho H 639 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "MEDICAL", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd7e76a-fa1f-4ac8-a53f-374208048631"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0639/"
source_hash: "b1f31503c38bc1bcb74d2d4e0843fce8f08e4bc65f45e274ce09402047720d06"
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 639 (2026) — MIDWIFERY – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for a licensed midwife to obtain and administer medication indicated for maternal care or neonatal care if a midwife possesses requisite education, training, and experience.

## 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/2026/legislation/H0639.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-13** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2026-02-16** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Friday, February 20, 2026
- **2026-02-20** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Crane(13), Shepherd, WheelerFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-02-23** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Rundhaug(Carlson), Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-12** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 73 Effective: 07/01/2026; 07/01/2026 IDAPA Sunset Clause – SECTION 4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd7e76a-fa1f-4ac8-a53f-374208048631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).