---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERSI – Amends existing law to revise the definition of an employee."
description: "PERSI – Amends existing law to revise the definition of an employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "S 1283"
citation: "Idaho S 1283 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c61648c6-4c91-41fe-a992-2ae6cad18252"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/S1283/"
source_hash: "12c2851a8af9a226e921481d37fbc4fa6f6237cc678e4ec78baadcdbfd197449"
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 1283 (2024) — PERSI – Amends existing law to revise the definition of an employee.

## 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/S1283.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2024-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Retained on calendar
- **2024-02-28** Retained on calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Forsmann(Carlson), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Moser(Semmelroth), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - SchroederTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2024-03-01** Read First Time, Referred to Commerce & Human Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Mendenhall), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - BlanksmaTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2024-03-19** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:52 p.m. on 03/19/24 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/24 Session Law Chapter 167 Effective: Retroactive to 01/01/2012 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c61648c6-4c91-41fe-a992-2ae6cad18252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).