republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/s-1285.md

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Bill	OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.	OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	S 1285	Idaho S 1285 (2026)	bill	EDUCATION HOMES AND HOUSING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS	enacted		3	22	2	2026-02-13	2026-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/687b6fc9-f7c5-44ad-9a9a-00e879a3a728	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1285/	e2f088ba663f5917ddb51f4b5c8d9e32b783c07c00ab8b44b56f62cc10ed3726	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho S 1285 (2026) — OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossment 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time in full as amended – — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• Read Third Time in Full – — 67–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES 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 Commerce & Human Resources
• 2026-02-20 Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
• 2026-02-25 Placed in the Committee of the Whole
• 2026-02-25 Reported out without recommendation, as amended
• 2026-02-25 Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
• 2026-02-26 Amendments reported printed
• 2026-02-26 Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
• 2026-02-26 Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
• 2026-02-27 Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 31-1-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Keyser(Galloway), Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, Rabe, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House
• 2026-03-09 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
• 2026-03-09 Read First Time, Referred to Business reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-23 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-2-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, 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, ChurchAbsent – CornillesFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling enrolled
• 2026-03-24 Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
• 2026-03-25 Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate passage
• 2026-03-25 Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-26 Reported delivered to Governor at 4:33 p.m. on 03/25/26 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-26 Signed by Governor on 03/26/26 Session Law Chapter 135 Effective: 03/26/26 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/687b6fc9-f7c5-44ad-9a9a-00e879a3a728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).