Idaho 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025) Status: Enacted

S 1056 — STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to provide that attorneys of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses shall be nonclassified employees.

Last action — Signed by Governor on 03/14/25 Session Law Chapter 85 Effective: 07/01/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Brad Little (Republican) on March 17, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Signed by Governor on 03/14/25 Session Law Chapter 85 Effective: 07/01/2025

  2. Reported delivered to Governor at 3:50 p.m. on 03/12/25

  3. Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor

  4. Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate

  5. Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker

  6. Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling

  7. Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Galaviz, Redman, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - EgbertTitle apvd - to Senate

  8. Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

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

  10. Read First Time, Referred to Business

  11. Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading

  12. Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – KeyserAbsent and excused – Lent, RuchtiFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House

  13. Read second time; filed for Third Reading

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

  15. Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources

  16. Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Sponsors

  • COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 104 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (104)

104 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Read Third Time in Full –

Passed 67 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9001
Republican 51001
Democrat 7001
Total 67003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (70)
Member Party Vote
Achilles — Yea
Andrus — Yea
Clow — Yea
Crane — Yea
Crane — Yea
Horman — Yea
Tanner — Yea
Tanner — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Vander Woude — Not Voting
Brooke Green Democrat Yea
Chris Mathias Democrat Yea
Ilana Rubel Democrat Yea
John Gannon Democrat Yea
Megan Egbert Democrat Yea
Monica C. Church Democrat Yea
Soñia R. Galaviz Democrat Not Voting
Steve Berch Democrat Yea
Barbara Ehardt Republican Yea
Ben G. Fuhriman Republican Yea
Brandon Mitchell Republican Yea
Britt Raybould Republican Yea
Bruce D. Skaug Republican Yea
Charlie Shepherd Republican Yea
Chris Bruce Republican Yea
Clay Handy Republican Yea
Clint Hostetler Republican Yea
Cornel S. Rasor Republican Yea
Dale R. Hawkins Republican Yea
Dan Garner Republican Yea
David J. Leavitt Republican Yea
David M. Cannon Republican Yea
Dori Healey Republican Yea
Douglas T. Pickett Republican Yea
Dustin Manwaring Republican Yea
Elaine Price Republican Yea
Faye Thompson Republican Yea
Heather Scott Republican Yea
Jack Nelsen Republican Yea
James Holtzclaw Republican Yea
James Petzke Republican Yea
Jason A. Monks Republican Yea
Jeff Ehlers Republican Yea
Jeff J. Cornilles Republican Yea
Jerald Raymond Republican Yea
Joe A. Palmer Republican Yea
Joe Alfieri Republican Yea
John Shirts Republican Yea
Jon O. Weber Republican Yea
Jordan Redman Republican Not Voting
Josh Wheeler Republican Yea
Judy Boyle Republican Yea
Kent A. Marmon Republican Yea
Lori Ann McCann Republican Yea
Lucas B. Cayler Republican Yea
Marco Adam Erickson Republican Yea
Mark Harris Republican Yea
Mark Sauter Republican Yea
Mike J. Pohanka Republican Yea
Richard W. “Rick” Cheatum Republican Yea
Robert “Rob” Beiswenger Republican Yea
Rod Furniss Republican Yea
Ron Mendive Republican Yea
Shawn Dygert Republican Yea
Stephanie Jo Mickelsen Republican Yea
Steve Miller Republican Yea
Tanya Burgoyne Republican Yea
Ted Hill Republican Yea
Tony Wisniewski Republican Yea
Vito Barbieri Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Read third time in full –

Passed 32 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 26101
Unaffiliated 1000
Democrat 5001
Total 32102
% of votes cast 91%3%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Den Hartog — Yea
Alison “Ali” Rabe Democrat Yea
Carrie Semmelroth Democrat Yea
James D. Ruchti Democrat Not Voting
Janie Ward-Engelking Democrat Yea
Melissa Wintrow Democrat Yea
Ron C. Taylor Democrat Yea
Ben Adams Republican Yea
Ben Toews Republican Yea
Brandon Shippy Republican Yea
Brian Lenney Republican Yea
C. Scott Grow Republican Yea
Camille Blaylock Republican Yea
Carl J. Bjerke Republican Yea
Christy Zito Republican Yea
Cindy J. Carlson Republican Yea
Codi Galloway Republican Yea
Daniel D. Foreman Republican Yea
Dave Lent Republican Not Voting
Doug Okuniewicz Republican Yea
Doug Ricks Republican Yea
Glenneda Zuiderveld Republican Yea
James W. “Jim” Woodward Republican Yea
Jim Guthrie Republican Yea
Josh Keyser Republican Nay
Joshua Kohl Republican Yea
Julie VanOrden Republican Yea
Kelly Arthur Anthon Republican Yea
Kevin Cook Republican Yea
Mark Harris Republican Yea
Phil Hart Republican Yea
Tammy Nichols Republican Yea
Todd M. Lakey Republican Yea
Treg A. Bernt Republican Yea
Van T. Burtenshaw Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors S 1056?
S 1056 is sponsored by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
What is the current status of S 1056?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2025. Enacted.
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