---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to make psychological injuries suffered by first responders compensable."
description: "WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to make psychological injuries suffered by first responders compensable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1028"
citation: "Idaho S 1028 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9004b3d-e205-4404-8eb3-9cda011258b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1028/"
source_hash: "03e114bfb235c30dbdaac0691e6d294b41892aa62e52177d63ea397cf5765422"
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 S 1028 (2019) — WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to make psychological injuries suffered by first responders compensable.

## 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/S1028.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **31–4** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2019-02-08** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-4-0AYES – Agenbroad, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Anthon, Bair, Crabtree, JohnsonAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WinderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-13** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-02-13** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2019-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-26** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-27** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-02-28** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-10-1AYES – Abernathy(Nye), Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie(Nash), Mendive, Monks, Nichols, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Syme, Toone, Troy(Maurin), Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wisniewski, Young, Youngblood, Zito, ZollingerNAYS – Andrus, Armstrong, Gestrin, Harris, Moon, Moyle, Palmer, Stevenson, Wood, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – RaybouldFloor Sponsor - ErpeldingTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-06** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-07** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on 03/06/19
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Governor on 03/12/19 Session Law Chapter 68 Effective: 07/01/2019; 07/01/2023 Sunset Clause `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9004b3d-e205-4404-8eb3-9cda011258b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).