All Roll Calls
Yes: 87 • No: 18
IdahoS 13352026 regular legislative sessionSenateWALLET
EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding contract requirements for state-supported medical and veterinary students.
Sponsored By: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
EDUCATION
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Repay state support if you break contract
If you do not meet your contract terms, you must repay the state’s support for your education, as set by the State Board. Repayment starts within one year after you get your license or finish residency or fellowship. You pay on a Board-set plan and must finish within eight years from when payments start. No interest is charged. The Board can pause payments for temporary hardship or military duty, and can waive them for permanent impossibility, extreme hardship, death, inability to get a license, or if you are in a federal or armed forces program with a service requirement.
Idaho practice contract for medical and veterinary students
If you take a state-funded reserved slot in a medical or veterinary program, you must sign a contract before you enroll. The contract requires four years of full-time work in Idaho, starting within one year after you get your license or finish residency or fellowship. Each year of residency you complete in Idaho counts as a half-year toward the four-year requirement, up to four residency years. The rules apply to human medical students who start in fall 2023 or later, and to veterinary students who start in fall 2027 or later.
New fund and grants for Idaho physicians
The state creates the Human Medical Education Reimbursement Fund. It holds repayments, legislative appropriations, donations, and interest. The State Board can use it to run the program and, when funds are available and policy allows, give incentive grants to licensed physicians who practice human medicine in Idaho.
Farm-animal service rules for veterinary students
Starting in the 2027 academic year, covered veterinary students must train and serve in mixed-practice farm-animal medicine. Each year, at least 600 hours of full-time clinical work must be on agricultural animals. The Board reviews compliance every year. For these rules, agricultural animals mean cattle, sheep, goats, and swine.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Tammy Nichols
Republican • Senate
Jerald Raymond
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/26/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 54 • No: 16
Senate vote • 3/19/2026
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/31/26 Session Law Chapter 246 Effective: 03/31/2026
4/1/2026Reported delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on 03/30/26
3/30/2026Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/30/2026Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/30/2026HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/30/2026SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/27/2026SenateRules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 54-16-0
3/26/2026HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/26/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/25/2026HouseRead First Time, Referred to Agricultural Affairs
3/19/2026HouseReceived from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
3/19/2026HouseRead third time in full as amended – PASSED - 33-2-0
3/19/2026SenateRead second time as amended, filed for Third reading
3/17/2026SenateRead first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
3/16/2026SenateReported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
3/16/2026SenateAmendments reported printed
3/16/2026SenateAmendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
3/13/2026SenateReported out without recommendation, as amended
3/13/2026SenatePlaced in the Committee of the Whole
3/13/2026SenateReferred to 14th Order for amendment
3/6/2026SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/4/2026SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/3/2026SenateReported Printed; referred to Education
2/23/2026SenateIntroduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
2/20/2026Senate
Bill Text
Amendment
Bill Text
Engrossment 1
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