---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND STEM ACTION CENTER – Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM Action Center for fiscal years 2026 and 2027."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND STEM ACTION CENTER – Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM Action Center for fiscal years 2026 and 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 949"
citation: "Idaho H 949 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COUNCILS", "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-25"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae40749-b787-4c53-b074-84dc4776e5dd"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0949/"
source_hash: "1c66b7b5728efc35e54f5b4c878c6421b904051ac0ca9a4b420d427719c51707"
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 949 (2026) — APPROPRIATIONS – WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND STEM ACTION CENTER – Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM Action Center for fiscal years 2026 and 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/H0949.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-25** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 69-1-0AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), 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, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – BerchAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - PetzkeTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-27** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-03-27** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2026-03-30** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Foreman, LentFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-04-01** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Delivered to Governor at 10:38 a.m. on April 2, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 10, 2026 Session Law Chapter 339 Effective: 04/10/2026 SECTION 6; 07/01/2026 SECTION 1-5 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ae40749-b787-4c53-b074-84dc4776e5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).