---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to provide for provisional journeyman electricians."
description: "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to provide for provisional journeyman electricians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1138"
citation: "Idaho S 1138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5cb0e9c-1c96-4236-a1dd-c0878d06f041"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1138/"
source_hash: "f0c5c66a59f6ebc8f76f9fd6954df89553ef199cd217fc52fe3552596cacbe1a"
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 1138 (2019) — ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN – Amends existing law to provide for provisional journeyman electricians.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1138A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1138.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1138E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2019-03-07** Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
- **2019-03-14** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2019-03-14** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2019-03-14** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-14** Amendments reported printed
- **2019-03-14** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2019-03-14** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2019-03-15** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2019-03-18** Read third time in full as amended – 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 - PatrickTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-19** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-03-19** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2019-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-26** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Anderst, Chaney, Chew, Mason, Wagoner, WintrowFloor Sponsor - SymeTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-29** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-01** Reported delivered to Governor at 10:50 a.m. on 03/29/19
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor on 04/03/19 Session Law Chapter 292 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5cb0e9c-1c96-4236-a1dd-c0878d06f041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).