H 160 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to define a public employer and a public corporation with respect to certain requirements regarding security for compensation.

This bill clarifies that cities, counties, and school districts are defined as "public employers" under Idaho's worker's compensation law, requiring them to secure coverage through the state insurance fund (rather than private insurers). It explicitly excludes single-purpose districts (e.g., for municipal services) from this definition and adds a sunset provision requiring legislative review of the definition before July 1, 2030. The bill also makes technical corrections to existing code sections to improve clarity and remove outdated language.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2025 · House Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

350
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 13, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
30 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 105 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LenneyTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-1-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, 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, Ray
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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