---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide for wildland firefighter differential pay."
description: "WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide for wildland firefighter differential pay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "H 588"
citation: "Idaho H 588 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "FIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS", "LANDS", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/702771a8-8381-4298-bfc9-5ea824970c79"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/H0588/"
source_hash: "d96702435296cd38b9725e0914df148398a79152dc4e1223e936ee47e22209cf"
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 588 (2022) — WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS – Amends existing law to provide for wildland firefighter differential pay.

## 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/2022/legislation/H0588.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **49–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2022-02-11** Reported Printed and Referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2022-02-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2022-02-24** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2022-02-25** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 49-19-2AYES – Addis, Amador, Berch, Blanksma(Blanksma), Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Chaney, Chew, Christensen(Hubbard), Clow, Dixon, Furniss, Galloway(Hancock), Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Lickley, Manwaring, Marshall, Mathias, McCann, McCrostie, Mitchell, Monks, Moyle, Nash, Necochea, Palmer, Rubel, Ruchti, Shepherd, Skaug, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wood, Yamamoto, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Adams, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Crane, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Ferch(Gempler), Giddings, Hanks, Kingsley(Baldwin), Mendive, Moon, Nate, Nichols(Brooks), Okuniewicz, Scott, Wisniewski, YoungAbsent – Erickson, WeberFloor Sponsor - DixonTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2022-02-28** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2022-03-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bayer, Blair(Johnson), Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cook, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Ricks, Riggs, Semmelroth, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, VanOrden(Bair), Vick, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Woodward, ZitoNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - WoodwardTitle apvd - to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2022-03-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2022-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2022-03-23** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2022-03-23** Delivered to Governor at 9:20 a.m. on March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-25** Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2022 Session Law Chapter 202 Effective: 03/24/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/702771a8-8381-4298-bfc9-5ea824970c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).