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S 1046 Idaho Senate · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for human growth and development instruction in public schools.

Idaho's S 1046 requires all public schools serving grades 5-12 to include specific human growth and development instruction starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill mandates that this instruction must include a 3-minute high-definition ultrasound video showing fetal organ development and a computer animation of pregnancy stages, presented in all biology, contraception, and STD/STI classes. It directly affects Idaho public school districts, charter schools, and specially chartered districts. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, as an emergency measure.
Issues: ✗ EducationOpposes EducationMandates specific fetal development content in curriculum, restricting academic freedom in education.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Signed Mar 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

Bill Text → Engrossment 1 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that human growth and development instruction must be age-appropriate, and the emergency declaration section was renumbered to align with the new text structure. These changes ensure the curriculum requirements are more flexible for different grade levels while maintaining the same enforcement mechanisms and effective date.
Scope change
The scope of instruction requirements was modified to explicitly require age-appropriate presentations, making the curriculum more adaptable to different student age groups.
REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement for human growth and development instruction to specify that presentations must be age-appropriate rather than having no age specification.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered the emergency declaration section from Section 2 to Section 29 to match the new text structure after the amendment.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House Mar 18, 2025

How they voted

28–8
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican30
28 Yea 2 Nay
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 27, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor on 03/26/25 Session Law Chapter 179 Effective: 07/01/2025
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 63-6-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Hill), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redm
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED - 27-8-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Blaylock, Galloway, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, WintrowAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Amendments reported printed
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out without recommendation, as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Placed in the Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed; referred to Education
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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