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HB 245: FOSTER CARE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding extended and continued care and to revise provisions regarding relative foster care.
Revises Idaho foster care laws to extend care eligibility to age 23 (from 21), update definitions for continued care, authorize separate licensing standards for relatives, and nullify specific IDAPA rules effective July 1, 2025.
Status
Signed by Governor (March 24, 2025) · Originated in the Idaho House · Introduced February 14, 2025
Sponsors
- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
- LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
- Sixty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2025
- Legislative Co-sponsors
- RS32364 / H0245
- H 245
Committees
- JRA for Printing
Bill history
- March 6, 2025 — Senate: Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- March 13, 2025 — Senate: Read third time in full – PASSED - 21-14-0AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Den Hartog, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Lenney, Lent, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Tayl (passed)
- March 14, 2025 — House: Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- March 17, 2025 — Senate: Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- March 17, 2025 — Senate: Signed by President; returned to House
- March 17, 2025 — Senate: Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- March 18, 2025 — Senate: Delivered to Governor at 3:20 p.m. on March 17, 2025
- March 24, 2025 — Senate: Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2025 Session Law Chapter 142 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 5
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