---
type: "Bill"
title: "INCOME TAX – Amends existing law to update terminology regarding employee withholding allowances and withholding allowance certificates."
description: "INCOME TAX – Amends existing law to update terminology regarding employee withholding allowances and withholding allowance certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H 16"
citation: "Idaho H 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2578560-e0fa-4bf0-a0ef-ee741f8946ac"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0016/"
source_hash: "f49a9d2b79cfaaa75b17cdfe9c91c01e2fcef74333daacd0a1fa4481b456f5e2"
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 16 (2019) — INCOME TAX – Amends existing law to update terminology regarding employee withholding allowances and withholding allowance certificates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/H0016.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **52–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Reported Printed and Referred to Revenue & Taxation
- **2019-01-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-01-21** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 52-16-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Blanksma, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Goesling, Green(18), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Monks, Moyle, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Christensen, Giddings, Green(2), Harris, Kingsley, Mendive, Moon, Nichols, Scott, Stevenson(Lohman), Wisniewski, Young, ZitoAbsent – Berch, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - RicksTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-01-22** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2019-01-22** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Local Government & Taxation `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-05** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - BurgoyneTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2019-02-07** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-08** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-08** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2019-02-11** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2019-02-12** Delivered to Governor at 11:05 a.m. on February 11, 2019
- **2019-02-11** Reported Signed by Governor on February 11, 2019 Session Law Chapter 12 Effective: Retroactive to 01/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2578560-e0fa-4bf0-a0ef-ee741f8946ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).