---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding prisoners who secure employment with a private employer."
description: "STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding prisoners who secure employment with a private employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "H 654"
citation: "Idaho H 654 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES", "CORRECTION DEPARTMENT", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30cbc9e9-8294-4305-8d9a-9e253f49b1b0"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0654/"
source_hash: "6bf1401da8f819de20675109d3577fbefd66043e450a9c285e20929b7e21533d"
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 654 (2024) — STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding prisoners who secure employment with a private employer.

## 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/2024/legislation/H0654.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **58–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- **2024-03-01** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-12-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Schmick), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Church), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer(Johnson), Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Skaug, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Crane(13), Dixon(1), Gallagher, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner, WisniewskiAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2024-03-06** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules `introduction`
- **2024-03-11** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time in full – PASSED - 22-11-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WintrowNAYS – Bjerke, Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, LeeFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2024-03-20** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 21, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2024 Session Law Chapter 196 Effective: 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30cbc9e9-8294-4305-8d9a-9e253f49b1b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).