---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to remove a provision regarding rulemaking authority for provisional appointments."
description: "PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to remove a provision regarding rulemaking authority for provisional appointments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 489"
citation: "Idaho H 489 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "GOVERNMENT", "HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/567977ac-f433-41ba-b1a4-08d3d19dc87e"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0489/"
source_hash: "495219d3222fb327daef8dd6320f5761a3cedf000083da90047d1921e7059f35"
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 489 (2018) — PERSONNEL SYSTEM – Amends existing law to remove a provision regarding rulemaking authority for provisional appointments.

## 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/H0489.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-06** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2018-02-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-16** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 19, 2018
- **2018-02-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Patano), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate(King), Packer, Palmer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Blanksma, PerryHouse seat 5A is vacantFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-20** 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 - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle 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 118 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/567977ac-f433-41ba-b1a4-08d3d19dc87e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).