---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding public university president searches and to revise provisions regarding certain records."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding public university president searches and to revise provisions regarding certain records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1225"
citation: "Idaho S 1225 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf8bf0cb-43bd-4881-baae-6e09a3c3e485"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1225/"
source_hash: "22aad21f1c44c97ef27da2634c9db58492b5b43eef0ed4af0a14362033d5d69f"
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 1225 (2026) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding public university president searches and to revise provisions regarding certain records.

## 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/2026/legislation/S1225A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1225.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1225E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2026-01-27** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-01-28** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-01-28** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2026-01-28** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2026-01-29** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-01-29** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2026-01-29** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2026-01-30** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – WoodwardFloor Sponsor - Den HartogTitle apvd - to House
- **2026-02-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-02-03** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2026-02-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-1-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias(Carlson), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – GannonAbsent – Green, Tanner(14)Floor Sponsor - PetzkeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-02-16** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-02-17** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:15 p.m. on 02/18/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by Governor on 02/23/26 Session Law Chapter 3 Effective: 02/23/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf8bf0cb-43bd-4881-baae-6e09a3c3e485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).