---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to move the definition of “member of an employer’s family.”"
description: "WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to move the definition of “member of an employer’s family.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "H 65"
citation: "Idaho H 65 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "INSURANCE", "WORKER'S COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d25067-fcf3-4540-98ec-136519f75fb0"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/H0065/"
source_hash: "f95a9b4eba96acaf704084ff1d4805a85e76c97b0015f666d2e899e5a721e429"
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 65 (2025) — WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to move the definition of “member of an employer’s family.”

## 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/2025/legislation/H0065.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 17, 2025
- **2025-02-17** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2025-02-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BruceTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2025-02-19** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2025-02-28** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – HartFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-11** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to Governor at 11:58 a.m. on March 12, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-14** Reported Signed by Governor on March 13, 2025 Session Law Chapter 67 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d25067-fcf3-4540-98ec-136519f75fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).