---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to provide that medical directors employed at state hospitals shall be nonclassified employees."
description: "STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to provide that medical directors employed at state hospitals shall be nonclassified employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 431"
citation: "Idaho H 431 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION", "LABOR", "MEDICAL", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667ddab5-3068-4693-9f70-85f391dae0a2"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0431/"
source_hash: "e22ecbecb5469d0efdd61bbc1faed7a9a5602fef5c4e2f9b122d0e8090f2fe41"
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 431 (2018) — STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to provide that medical directors employed at state hospitals shall be nonclassified employees.

## 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/H0431.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–5** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **53–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2018-02-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-13** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Wednesday, February 14, 2018
- **2018-02-14** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 53-17-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Chew, Collins, Dayley, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Gannon), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Cheatham, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Stevenson, Vander WoudeAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - PackerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-15** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-15** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-07** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-5-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Foreman, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Bayer, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Mortimer, PottsAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-09** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-12** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-13** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-14** Delivered to Governor at 11:20 a.m. on March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-19** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2018 Session Law Chapter 120 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/667ddab5-3068-4693-9f70-85f391dae0a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).