---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERSI – Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding police officer member status."
description: "PERSI – Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding police officer member status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H 371"
citation: "Idaho H 371 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CORRECTIONS", "COURTS", "EMERGENCIES", "FISH AND GAME", "JUDGES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOTTERY", "STATE", "MEDICAL", "MILITARY AND MILITIA", "POLICE", "IDAHO STATE", "RETIREMENT", "SECURITY", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeca1ee7-058d-47dd-a9a3-6660ec0f9a1e"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/H0371/"
source_hash: "a6f09826fa8b1040f6047a26e9f1b6d83008300069eccb9212acaaf37cce1bd8"
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 371 (2020) — PERSI – Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding police officer member status.

## 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/2020/legislation/H0371.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2020-02-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2020-02-06** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – ChewFloor Sponsor - SymeTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-07** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2020-02-07** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2020-03-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Buckner-Webb, Johnson, LakeyFloor Sponsor - ThaynTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2020-03-09** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2020-03-10** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2020-03-11** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Reported Signed by Governor on March 15, 2020 Session Law Chapter 136 Effective: 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeca1ee7-058d-47dd-a9a3-6660ec0f9a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).