---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to revise licensing and registration requirements for electrical contractors and journeymen."
description: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to revise licensing and registration requirements for electrical contractors and journeymen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 479"
citation: "Idaho H 479 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTS", "CONTRACTORS", "CONTRACTORS", "CONTRACTORS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTORS", "INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTORS", "LICENSES", "LICENSES", "PROFESSIONS", "PROFESSIONS", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19968e1-1ab4-4625-a05f-dde27344265a"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0479/"
source_hash: "42752c588ae6f958ec0708f6e4cf61447046519c14465c34e53d45d022fec61e"
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 479 (2018) — ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to revise licensing and registration requirements for electrical contractors and journeymen.

## 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/H0479.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **50–16** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **22–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2018-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-20** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-16-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, King, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Patano), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moyle, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, YoungbloodNAYS – Cheatham, DeMordaunt, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Kerby, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Nate, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Chew, Monks, Mr. SpeakerHouse seat 5A is vacantFloor Sponsor - WagonerTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-22** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-13** Retained on calendar
- **2018-03-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-12-1AYES – Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Foreman, Hagedorn, Nonini, Potts, Rice, Souza, VickAbsent and excused – Den HartogFloor Sponsor - ThaynTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-15** 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 208 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/d19968e1-1ab4-4625-a05f-dde27344265a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).