---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to provide that attorneys of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses shall be nonclassified employees."
description: "STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to provide that attorneys of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses shall be nonclassified employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1056"
citation: "Idaho S 1056 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f3e053-49bd-423e-8e45-4ab3d84a09c1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1056/"
source_hash: "47327495230bb553324ce6ef505cca9b0e1c7144091eb98ad5c7a72af44fba79"
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 1056 (2025) — STATE EMPLOYEES – Amends existing law to provide that attorneys of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses shall be nonclassified employees.

## 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/2025/legislation/S1056.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
- **2025-02-12** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-1-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – KeyserAbsent and excused – Lent, RuchtiFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-02-24** Read First Time, Referred to Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Galaviz, Redman, Vander WoudeFloor Sponsor - EgbertTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-12** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:50 p.m. on 03/12/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Governor on 03/14/25 Session Law Chapter 85 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16f3e053-49bd-423e-8e45-4ab3d84a09c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).