---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Amends House Bill 206 to revise provisions regarding use and distribution of emergency medical services funds and county accountability."
description: "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Amends House Bill 206 to revise provisions regarding use and distribution of emergency medical services funds and county accountability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1159"
citation: "Idaho S 1159 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCIES", "FUNDS", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49332c5e-c7f0-4af2-ad15-31882643fb7d"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1159/"
source_hash: "6acf916d940367368d9b90363203d9e31de652e5b168a65215820cfddb7baea5"
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 1159 (2025) — EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Amends House Bill 206 to revise provisions regarding use and distribution of emergency medical services funds and county accountability.

## 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/2025/legislation/S1159.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2025-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Ruchti, SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-13** Read First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, 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, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Crane(13)Floor Sponsor - SauterTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-03-28** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-28** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Reported delivered to Governor at 10:05 a.m. on 03/31/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor on 03/31/25 Session Law Chapter 245 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49332c5e-c7f0-4af2-ad15-31882643fb7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).