H 54 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

LABOR – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding employment security laws and to provide for certain administrative rules to be null, void, and of no force and effect.

H 54 revises Idaho's employment security laws to update procedures for handling wage claims and eligibility for unemployment benefits. Key changes include adding definitions for "ability to work" and "full-time employment," revising how base periods are calculated for benefit eligibility, and repealing outdated sections on wage claim procedures. The bill also nullifies four specific administrative rules (IDAPA 09.01.01, 09.01.08, 09.01.30, and 09.01.35), making them void. These updates directly affect workers filing wage claims, employers, and the Idaho Department of Labor in administering unemployment programs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Signed Mar 13, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2025 · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

340
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 4, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2025 Session Law Chapter 29 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 35, 36, 37, & 38
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – 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, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green(Schubin), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Poh
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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