---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for certain electrical codes, to revise provisions regarding electricians and apprentices, and to establish residential electrician licensure."
description: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for certain electrical codes, to revise provisions regarding electricians and apprentices, and to establish residential electrician licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "H 337"
citation: "Idaho H 337 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CODES", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS", "ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7ef0313-e29c-491f-9565-3ff6c3ccda5c"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0337/"
source_hash: "fdb898e7c6692009b3dd909a6615e8b6e4863b00140c3a9a3a46ad8eb5cd7f82"
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 337 (2023) — ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for certain electrical codes, to revise provisions regarding electricians and apprentices, and to establish residential electrician licensure.

## 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/2023/legislation/H0337.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 10 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Rules Suspended: Ayes 60 Nays 10 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - Dixon(1)Title apvd - to Senate
- **2023-03-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2023-03-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Retained on calendar
- **2023-03-29** Retained on calendar
- **2023-03-30** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bearg(Rabe), Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Geddes(Harris), Grow, Guthrie, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Vick(Okuniewicz), Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2023-03-30** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-30** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor at 8:05 a.m. on March 31, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2023 Session Law Chapter 244 Effective: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7ef0313-e29c-491f-9565-3ff6c3ccda5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).