---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding the Board of Health and Welfare, substate administrative regions, and regional behavioral health boards."
description: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding the Board of Health and Welfare, substate administrative regions, and regional behavioral health boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "S 1314"
citation: "Idaho S 1314 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6603bbc9-c620-4e8d-8f93-c0b880667fdd"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1314/"
source_hash: "5cf33120e3cfb02965c1b28f60b8e2bb2bda17af25f1e21337d2b1ba4431720b"
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 1314 (2026) — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding the Board of Health and Welfare, substate administrative regions, and regional behavioral health boards.

## 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/S1314.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## 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
- **2026-02-20** 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`
- **2026-03-02** Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0AYES – 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, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BlaylockTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2026-03-03** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2026-03-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 61-9-0AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, 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 – Berch, Church, Egbert, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Haws, Mathias, McCannAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Vander WoudeTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2026-03-12** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:55 p.m. on 03/12/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by Governor on 03/16/26 Session Law Chapter 25 Effective: 03/16/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6603bbc9-c620-4e8d-8f93-c0b880667fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).