---
type: "Bill"
title: "INFANTS AND NEWBORNS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding hearing loss screening."
description: "INFANTS AND NEWBORNS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding hearing loss screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1294"
citation: "Idaho S 1294 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "MEDICAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62a0e84-47f1-4c20-87b9-71391a2047d7"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1294/"
source_hash: "1c146837f85be9119a8dde06619b46b4de4f632534393b8abf4cf55dfd99876d"
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 1294 (2026) — INFANTS AND NEWBORNS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding hearing loss screening.

## 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/2026/legislation/S1294A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1294.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1294E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **37–32** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full as amended – — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2026-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2026-03-13** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2026-03-13** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2026-03-13** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-16** Amendments reported printed
- **2026-03-16** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2026-03-16** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2026-03-17** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Retained on calendar
- **2026-03-20** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 22-13-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - GallowayTitle apvd - to House
- **2026-03-23** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-23** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 37-32-1AYES – Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Egbert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, WisniewskiAbsent – GalavizFloor Sponsor - HealeyTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2026-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-30** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Governor on 03/31/26 Session Law Chapter 266 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/b62a0e84-47f1-4c20-87b9-71391a2047d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).