---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROTECTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to clarify prohibited actions against employees."
description: "PROTECTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to clarify prohibited actions against employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S 1076"
citation: "Idaho S 1076 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa85c612-43a9-4e98-827d-083c5fe6f53a"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/S1076/"
source_hash: "b9a64e1b2c3d9cbbc341fee66003b250f214b035a3664896575f5caa13f9f162"
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 S 1076 (2017) — PROTECTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to clarify prohibited actions against employees.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2017-03-07** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2017-03-09** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2017-03-09** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2017-03-09** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2017-03-09** Amendments reported printed
- **2017-03-09** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-10** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2017-03-13** Retained on calendar
- **2017-03-14** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2017-03-15** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2017-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-21** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-22** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – ShepherdFloor Sponsor - KingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-23** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2017-03-23** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2017-03-24** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-27** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:10 a.m. on 03/27/17
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Governor on 04/06/17 Session Law Chapter 272 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/fa85c612-43a9-4e98-827d-083c5fe6f53a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).