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DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the division administrator’s authority to address board and commission cash balances.

Sponsored By: BUSINESS COMMITTEE

Signed by Governor

DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

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Analyzed Economic Effects

8 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.

License holders can get fee holidays

The division administrator can create a fee holiday for a specific board fee set by rule. The law does not itself waive any fee or set a holiday's amount or length. Savings depend on which fee the administrator covers.

Longer licenses and revised renewal rules

Beginning July 1, 2025, midwifery licenses last two years instead of one, expiring on the holder's birthday unless renewed. The athletic commission can issue one- or two-year licenses under its rules, with required fees. Participants exempt under Idaho Code 54-406(3) are excluded. Beginning July 1, 2025, chapter 54-24 renewals cover two years and cost no more than $200. Application, exam administration, and original license fees remain capped at $100 each. Funeral professionals' renewal fees remain set by rule; the law removes the annual-renewal wording without setting a new schedule or amount. Beginning July 1, 2025, chapter 54-34 also drops annual-renewal wording; section 67-2614 governs renewal and reinstatement without a new schedule or fee here.

Lower offline fees for outfitters and guides

Beginning July 1, 2025, online and offline license fees are the same. Outfitters pay $400, designated agents $140, and guides $105. The previous offline fees were $450, $160, and $115, respectively.

Two-year licenses for outfitters and guides

Beginning July 1, 2028, outfitters, designated agents, and guides can apply for one- or two-year licenses. Outfitter fees are capped at $400 for one year or $750 for two years. Designated agent caps are $140 or $265; guide caps are $105 or $200, respectively. These are maximum fees, not required charges, and replace the prior offline fee amounts. The law also removes the listed $20 guide license amendment fee.

Genetic counselors face possible education requirements

Beginning July 1, 2025, the board can require continuing education for genetic counselors to renew their licenses. The board must set that requirement by rule. The law sets no required amount or schedule of education.

Higher fee limits for accountants

The accountancy board can charge up to $200 for a retired or inactive license, up from $100. Accounting firm registration fees can reach $400, up from $200. These are maximum fees; the board does not have to charge the full amounts.

Nursing home administrators face renewal limits

The nursing home administrator board can set license renewal fees up to $400. Application, license, permit, and registration fees remain capped at $200. The board does not have to charge the full renewal amount.

Outfitter applicants lose fee policy protections

Beginning July 1, 2025, the outfitters and guides board no longer must adopt a policy for unused application-fee refunds. The repealed section also stops requiring electronic-filing credits and credit-card processing provisions. It no longer requires fees for expedited, exceptional, resubmitted, or emergency applications. The repeal itself creates no new charge.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • BUSINESS COMMITTEE

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Kevin Cook

    Republican • Senate

  • Jeff Ehlers

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 99 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/10/2025

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 2/24/2025

House Floor Vote

Yes: 64 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 104 Effective: 07/01/2025 SECTION 1 through 16; 07/01/2028 SECTION 17

    3/20/2025

  2. Delivered to Governor at 11:20 a.m. on March 13, 2025

    3/14/2025

  3. Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

    3/13/2025Senate

  4. Signed by President; returned to House

    3/12/2025Senate

  5. Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

    3/12/2025Senate

  6. Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

    3/12/2025House

  7. Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

    3/11/2025House

  8. Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0

    3/10/2025Senate

  9. Read second time; filed for Third Reading

    3/5/2025Senate

  10. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

    3/4/2025Senate

  11. Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources

    2/25/2025Senate

  12. Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

    2/25/2025Senate

  13. Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6

    2/24/2025House

  14. Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

    2/21/2025House

  15. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

    2/20/2025House

  16. Reported Printed and Referred to Business

    2/7/2025House

  17. Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

    2/6/2025House

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