---
type: "Bill"
title: "BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED – Repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions relating to reports of medical authorities establishing blindness."
description: "BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED – Repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions relating to reports of medical authorities establishing blindness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1256"
citation: "Idaho S 1256 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLIND", "CODES", "COMMISSIONS", "GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e85a20c-d9a5-45e5-b550-84167b893020"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1256/"
source_hash: "020a8287cbe4897436768c92d4a7b31a5a11e15db98960a6356e7f6e9c3df5a7"
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 1256 (2026) — BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED – Repeals existing law to remove obsolete provisions relating to reports of medical authorities establishing blindness.

## 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/S1256.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2026-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Hart, SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-02-24** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **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 - 70-0-0AYES – 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, 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 – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - EhlersTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-23** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:45 p.m. on 03/23/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/26 Session Law Chapter 123 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/6e85a20c-d9a5-45e5-b550-84167b893020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).