---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR LICENSING AND NATUROPATH REGISTRATION – Amends existing law to provide for the voluntary licensure of pharmacists as naturopathic doctors."
description: "NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR LICENSING AND NATUROPATH REGISTRATION – Amends existing law to provide for the voluntary licensure of pharmacists as naturopathic doctors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1313"
citation: "Idaho S 1313 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8e60cfa-d2ea-4fc6-b6dd-dc06e65b8b05"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1313/"
source_hash: "829aeeca87b0ec7561a8a35295a0cadd0eaf2a96d7e9cab86a844f3bece19057"
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 1313 (2026) — NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR LICENSING AND NATUROPATH REGISTRATION – Amends existing law to provide for the voluntary licensure of pharmacists as naturopathic doctors.

## 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/S1313.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **46–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2026-02-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Bruner(Adams), Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Ruchti, SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-04** Read First Time, Referred to Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 46-10-14AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon(Cannon), Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Galaviz, Green, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Rasor, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Furniss, Garner, Healey, McCann, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Sauter, Tanner(13)Absent – Bingham, Egbert(Beazer), Erickson, Fuhriman, Gannon, Handy, Haws, Manwaring, Marmon, Mickelsen, Palmer, Tanner(14), Weber, WheelerFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-04-02** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Reported delivered to Governor at 6:06 p.m. on 04/02/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by Governor on 04/10/26 Session Law Chapter 314 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/d8e60cfa-d2ea-4fc6-b6dd-dc06e65b8b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).