H 624 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2026)

EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding virtual public education in Idaho.

This bill requires Idaho public schools and colleges to collect aggregated student data on immigration status, nationality, and primary language. It directly affects all Idaho public school districts and institutions of higher education. The data must be used solely for analyzing education costs and understanding federal immigration policy impacts - prohibiting any discrimination - and reported annually to the legislature. The collection must comply with existing data privacy laws, and the law takes effect July 1, 2026.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 10, 2026 Signed Mar 11, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2026 · House Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

330
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
Mar 5, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
27 Yea 3
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, Shippy, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - LentTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias(Carlson), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor,
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.