---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERSI – Amends existing law to provide police officer member status to emergency communications officers."
description: "PERSI – Amends existing law to provide police officer member status to emergency communications officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "H 499"
citation: "Idaho H 499 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d004b90c-8447-4c71-ad6e-bd9f61e1e663"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/H0499/"
source_hash: "15f309c89e429bfa378bb17542ffb452dc26392508eb8c3da6f22fce5f006d7f"
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 499 (2022) — PERSI – Amends existing law to provide police officer member status to emergency communications officers.

## 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/2022/legislation/H0499.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **30–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **52–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2022-02-24** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-28** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-03-01** Read Third Time in Full – Motion to return to Commerce & Human Resources Committee; motion failed.
- **2022-03-01** PASSED - 52-18-0AYES – Adams, Addis, Amador, Berch, Blanksma(Blanksma), Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erickson, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Green, Hanks, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias(Woodings), McCann, McCrostie, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Nate, Necochea, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Weber, Wood, Yamamoto, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Christensen, Ferch, Galloway, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Scott, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - ChaneyTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2022-03-02** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2022-03-18** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-23** Read third time in full – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Semmelroth, Souza, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Riggs, Vick, Woodward, ZitoAbsent and excused – StennettFloor Sponsor - BurtenshawTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2022-03-23** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-24** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2022-03-24** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2022-03-25** Delivered to Governor at 6:10 p.m. on March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2022 Session Law Chapter 283 Effective: 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d004b90c-8447-4c71-ad6e-bd9f61e1e663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).