---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding an initial retirement allowance, to provide for how a certain early retirement benefit is determined and to provide for how a certain accrued retirement allowance is determined."
description: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding an initial retirement allowance, to provide for how a certain early retirement benefit is determined and to provide for how a certain accrued retirement allowance is determined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 400"
citation: "Idaho H 400 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "GOVERNMENT", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c6fc2f-bbe6-4d71-b831-487d0a6c8081"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0400/"
source_hash: "b3f879994952405bf85046cc9ec209a56ca42f47e4164b9733dc9ea0dfea6f59"
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 400 (2018) — PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding an initial retirement allowance, to provide for how a certain early retirement benefit is determined and to provide for how a certain accrued retirement allowance is determined.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0400.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–2** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2018-02-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-09** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 12, 2018
- **2018-02-12** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Gannon), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Erpelding, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - PackerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-13** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-13** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-2-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Lee, RiceAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-15** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-15** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-16** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:20 a.m. on March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2018 Session Law Chapter 177 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5c6fc2f-bbe6-4d71-b831-487d0a6c8081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).