---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION/STATE TAX COMMISSION/ INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of members of the Public Utilities Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the State Tax Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the Industrial Commission; appropriates an additional $11,000 to the Public Utilities Commission for commissioner salaries; appropriates an additional $13,500 to the State Tax Commission for commissioner salaries; and appropriates an additional $10,500 to the Industrial Commission for commissioner salaries."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION/STATE TAX COMMISSION/ INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of members of the Public Utilities Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the State Tax Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the Industrial Commission; appropriates an additional $11,000 to the Public Utilities Commission for commissioner salaries; appropriates an additional $13,500 to the State Tax Commission for commissioner salaries; and appropriates an additional $10,500 to the Industrial Commission for commissioner salaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 303"
citation: "Idaho H 303 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COMMISSIONS", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "TAX AND TAXATION", "TAX AND TAXATION", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b70fcb5-69af-4b25-975a-0499ea123509"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0303/"
source_hash: "1005cd06c3bc88028df8cbb216f553ae240578bd0f8dbc1c502ffbb6c7e25c26"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 303 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION/STATE TAX COMMISSION/ INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of members of the Public Utilities Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the State Tax Commission; to increase the salaries of members of the Industrial Commission; appropriates an additional $11,000 to the Public Utilities Commission for commissioner salaries; appropriates an additional $13,500 to the State Tax Commission for commissioner salaries; and appropriates an additional $10,500 to the Industrial Commission for commissioner salaries.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **33–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – — **49–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-17** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-21** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – PASSED - 49-14-7AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Erpelding, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Manwaring, McCrostie, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood, YoungbloodNAYS – Barbieri, Cheatham, Hanks, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Scott, Stevenson, Trujillo, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Dixon, Gannon, Malek, McDonald, Monks, Palmer, WintrowFloor Sponsor - AndersonTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2017-03-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-23** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-2-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Hagedorn, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Guthrie, HarrisAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-29** Delivered to Governor at 3:17 p.m. on March 28, 2017
- **2017-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 316 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b70fcb5-69af-4b25-975a-0499ea123509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).