---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOSTER CARE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding foster care placement."
description: "FOSTER CARE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding foster care placement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1266"
citation: "Idaho S 1266 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "COURTS", "GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "PARENTS", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b6eeafa-096c-42d0-a7da-7a630b760727"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1266/"
source_hash: "5445e3a11db1f19d32826daa29645bdf70376556777f460a91c1372803b6f65a"
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 1266 (2026) — FOSTER CARE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding foster care placement.

## 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/S1266.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2026-02-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – 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, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – HartFloor Sponsor - GallowayTitle 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`
- **2026-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24** 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 - HealeyTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-25** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-25** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:16 a.m. on 03/26/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Governor on 03/27/26 Session Law Chapter 198 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/8b6eeafa-096c-42d0-a7da-7a630b760727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).