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SENATE BILL 1288

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S1288   by EDUCATION COMMITTEE
EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for the establishment of the Idaho High-Needs Student Fund.
  02/13 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing  
  02/16 Reported Printed; referred to Education  
  02/19 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading  
  02/20 Read second time; filed for Third Reading  
  02/26 Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-12-1
AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward
NAYS – Adams, Carlson, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Shippy, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld
Absent and excused – Bjerke
Floor Sponsor - Blaylock
Title apvd - to House
 
  02/27 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading  
  Read First Time, Referred to Education  
  03/20 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading  
  03/23 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading  
  03/24 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 49-21-0
AYES – Barbieri, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Haws, Healey, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler
NAYS – Alfieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Ehlers, Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mitchell, Monks, Price, Rasor, Scott, Tanner(14), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker
Absent – None
Floor Sponsor - Mendive
Title apvd - to Senate
 
  Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling  
  03/25 Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker  
  Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate  
  03/26 Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor  
  Reported delivered to Governor at 11:16 a.m. on 03/26/26  
  04/01 Signed by Governor on 03/31/26
    Session Law Chapter 234
    Effective: 07/01/2026