---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 876"
citation: "Idaho H 876 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7330b54-05ea-4523-886e-603b4b8f4b15"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0876/"
source_hash: "ccf3b90333eb1d07ba7df146a4aca7cd8db6b1d4d0f9b85de743002d9927bdec"
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 876 (2026) — APPROPRIATIONS – STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

## 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/H0876.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **46–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-12** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 46-24-0AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Furniss, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Bingham, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Haws, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Petzke, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Veile, Weber, WheelerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - MillerTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-17** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time in full – PASSED - 23-12-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bernt, Burtenshaw, Guthrie, Harris, Lent, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - GallowayTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-20** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-23** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Delivered to Governor at 4:37 p.m. on March 23, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 147 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7330b54-05ea-4523-886e-603b4b8f4b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).