---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT – Amends existing law to establish the Idaho Medical Freedom Act."
description: "IDAHO MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT – Amends existing law to establish the Idaho Medical Freedom Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1210"
citation: "Idaho S 1210 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES", "CITIES", "COUNTIES", "GOVERNMENT", "HEALTH", "MEDICAL", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a8c393-c56b-463e-90e0-43b369966b18"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1210/"
source_hash: "f518e06a8e8ab6a0d0724051ecc67febb533a18589ffbc7a462bcc947539915b"
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 1210 (2025) — IDAHO MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT – Amends existing law to establish the Idaho Medical Freedom Act.

## 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/2025/legislation/S1210A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1210.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1210E1.pdf)
4. **Engrossment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1210E2.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 51 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 19, read in full as required – — **44–23** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
- **2025-04-02** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2025-04-02** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-04-02** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2025-04-02** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2025-04-02** Amendments reported printed
- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-04-02** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-03** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 22-13-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Keyser, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Ricks, Toews, VanOrden, WoodwardNAYS – Guthrie, Hart, Kohl, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - ForemanTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-04-03** Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
- **2025-04-04** Referred to the Committee of the Whole
- **2025-04-04** Reported out without recommendation as amended
- **2025-04-04** Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
- **2025-04-04** Filed for First Reading
- **2025-04-04** Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-04** Rules Suspended: Ayes 51 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 19, read in full as required – PASSED - 44-23-3AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott(Dotson), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Achilles, Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Petzke, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, WheelerAbsent – Erickson, Pickett, Vander Woude(Harris)Floor Sponsor - BeiswengerTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2025-04-04** Returned from House, amended
- **2025-04-04** Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
- **2025-04-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
- **2025-04-04** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2025-04-04** Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
- **2025-04-04** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-04** PASSED - 27-6-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Guthrie, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – Carlson, RabeFloor Sponsor - No sponsor data.Title apvd - to enrol
- **2025-04-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:27 p.m. on 04/04/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor on 04/04/25 Session Law Chapter 318 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/24a8c393-c56b-463e-90e0-43b369966b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).