---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding severance allowance at retirement for a public school employee."
description: "EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding severance allowance at retirement for a public school employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S 1263"
citation: "Idaho S 1263 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "RETIREMENT", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51cbc91-571d-488a-8c2e-5de602efb2ce"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/S1263/"
source_hash: "22fc9a2f1460ea3c73d965f308c010ef0339c286cc28fe1df6b6666ae2a4927a"
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 1263 (2018) — EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding severance allowance at retirement for a public school employee.

## 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/S1263.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **62–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2018-02-07** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-14** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, 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 – ForemanAbsent and excused – AgenbroadFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-15** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2018-02-15** Read First Time, Referred to Education
- **2018-03-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-05** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2018-03-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-5-3AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gestrin, Gibbs, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Kingsley, Perry, Scott, Stevenson, SymeAbsent – Chaney, Chew, GiddingsFloor Sponsor - McCrostieTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2018-03-07** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-09** Reported delivered to Governor at 8:30 a.m. on 03/09/18
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Governor on 03/14/18 Session Law Chapter 91 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/f51cbc91-571d-488a-8c2e-5de602efb2ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).