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type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence."
description: "EDUCATION Adds to existing law to require Idaho public schools to establish policies providing for a daily moment of silence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 623"
citation: "Idaho H 623 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ee0122-06bf-4f12-aa23-3d0a9230f0e4"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0623/"
source_hash: "0f3994812bb4f4c6beb344719e323162a7ab14685acd5d3d9238270e7aa9079f"
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 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](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0623.pdf)
## Votes
- Read third time in full **1815** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full **5117** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ee0122-06bf-4f12-aa23-3d0a9230f0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).