republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/h-623.md

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Bill	EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence.	EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	H 623	Idaho H 623 (2026)	bill	EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS TEACHING AND TEACHERS	enacted		1	17	2	2026-02-10	2026-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d4ee0122-06bf-4f12-aa23-3d0a9230f0e4	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0623/	0f3994812bb4f4c6beb344719e323162a7ab14685acd5d3d9238270e7aa9079f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 623 (2026) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence.

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 – — 18–15 (pass) · upper
• Read Third Time in Full – — 51–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2026-02-11 Reported Printed and Referred to Education
• 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
• 2026-02-24 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 51-17-2AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Garner, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Cheatum, Church, Egbert, Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Haws, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Veile, WheelerAbsent – Rubel, SauterFloor Sponsor - SkaugTitle apvd - to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2026-02-25 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education introduction
• 2026-03-11 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-16 Read third time in full – PASSED - 18-15-2AYES – Adams, Bjerke(Bjerke), Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Bernt, Blaylock, Den Hartog, Galloway, Guthrie, Harris, Lenney, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), WoodwardAbsent and excused – Anthon, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House passage
• 2026-03-17 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling enrolled
• 2026-03-17 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate passage
• 2026-03-18 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
• 2026-03-18 Signed by President; returned to House passage
• 2026-03-18 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-19 Delivered to Governor at 4:22 p.m. on March 18, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-20 Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2026 Session Law Chapter 62 Effective: 07/01/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4ee0122-06bf-4f12-aa23-3d0a9230f0e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).