---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Amends existing law to provide that persons qualified to drive school buses who have retired may be rehired while still receiving PERSI benefits."
description: "PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Amends existing law to provide that persons qualified to drive school buses who have retired may be rehired while still receiving PERSI benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "H 203"
citation: "Idaho H 203 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "RETIREMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5810421c-a6a5-4805-b946-2f230b48ac11"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/H0203/"
source_hash: "14797a176cffd45c8753eab229301451fbe7bddf2a0ef7c05d9599b36d58bb2e"
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 203 (2021) — PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Amends existing law to provide that persons qualified to drive school buses who have retired may be rehired while still receiving PERSI benefits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/H0203.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Reported Printed and Referred to Education
- **2021-02-26** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2021-03-02** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2021-03-03** Read Third Time in Full – Previously Read in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erickson, Ferch, Furniss, Galloway, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Green, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCrostie, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, von Ehlinger, Weber, Wisniewski, Wood, Yamamoto, Young, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Chaney, Davis, EhardtFloor Sponsor - MendiveTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2021-04-06** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rabe, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2021-04-08** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2021-04-09** Delivered to Governor at 10:14 a.m. on April 8, 2021
- **2021-04-15** Reported Signed by Governor on April 13, 2021 Session Law Chapter 204 Effective: 04/13/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5810421c-a6a5-4805-b946-2f230b48ac11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).