---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission and provides appropriations for those salary increases."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission and provides appropriations for those salary increases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 725"
citation: "Idaho H 725 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "COMMISSIONS", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "TAX AND TAXATION", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-21"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8447e8-de9d-4984-b71d-28031da4a2bc"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0725/"
source_hash: "fd8dd673c5a8bd21d8b5f10f60861ff593afa13ac25bd6e02113c012556cf75c"
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 725 (2024) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission and provides appropriations for those salary increases.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0725.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-21** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-03-21** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2024-03-22** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-1-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), 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, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, YoungNAYS – BoyleAbsent – CannonExcused from voting – Mr. SpeakerFloor Sponsor - TannerTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2024-03-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 29-3-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Toews, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – Den Hartog, Lenney, TrakelAbsent and excused – Schroeder, VanOrden, WinderFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-28** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Delivered to Governor at 4:09 p.m. on March 28, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2024 Session Law Chapter 245 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a8447e8-de9d-4984-b71d-28031da4a2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).