---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION – Adds to existing law to require that employees, employment applicants, contractors and subcontractors have a criminal background check if they will have access to federal tax information."
description: "IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION – Adds to existing law to require that employees, employment applicants, contractors and subcontractors have a criminal background check if they will have access to federal tax information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1234"
citation: "Idaho S 1234 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "TAX AND TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7d95e5-1a20-49db-a66f-addca4ad6301"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1234/"
source_hash: "57af2b866eb2f4e9a9b77eb8446e113ed8e8e636aa836a703001ea9cafe2f995"
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 1234 (2018) — IDAHO STATE TAX COMMISSION – Adds to existing law to require that employees, employment applicants, contractors and subcontractors have a criminal background check if they will have access to federal tax information.

## 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/S1234.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **58–9** (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 JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Reported Printed; 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
- **2018-02-16** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, 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 – Buckner-WebbFloor Sponsor - PottsTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-19** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2018-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-01** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-02** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-9-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(5), Gibbs, Giddings, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek(Widmyer), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moon, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy(Goesling), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Gannon(17), Hanks, Harris, Mendive, Monks, Moyle, Nate, ZollingerAbsent – Gestrin, Shepherd, VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - KingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-06** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-07** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-08** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:20 a.m. on 03/08/18
- **2018-03-13** Signed by Governor on 03/13/18 Session Law Chapter 68 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/2d7d95e5-1a20-49db-a66f-addca4ad6301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).