republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2025/s-1044.md

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Bill	EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools.	EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2025	S 1044	Idaho S 1044 (2025)	bill	EDUCATION PARENTS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS TEACHING AND TEACHERS	enacted		1	16	2	2025-01-30	2025-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0ccaa1a7-1783-4338-afa9-d86f9b99ded1	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1044/	011800de558229b7be44da7ec80d5388e2f8881839a7123fac685aadd2dab2bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho S 1044 (2025) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read Third Time in Full – — 58–10 (pass) · lower
• Read third time in full – — 29–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing introduction
• 2025-01-31 Reported Printed; referred to Education
• 2025-02-13 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-14 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2025-02-24 Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Foreman, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Blaylock, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, LenneyAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House passage
• 2025-02-25 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
• 2025-02-25 Read First Time, Referred to Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-07 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-10-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church(Caldwell), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott(Scott), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Cheatum, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Petzke, SauterAbsent – Erickson, RubelFloor Sponsor - WisniewskiTitle apvd - to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-10 Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling enrolled
• 2025-03-10 Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
• 2025-03-11 Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate passage
• 2025-03-11 Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-03-12 Reported delivered to Governor at 4:15 p.m. on 03/11/25 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-13 Signed by Governor on 03/12/25 Session Law Chapter 46 Effective: 07/01/2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ccaa1a7-1783-4338-afa9-d86f9b99ded1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).