---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide for the rejection of certain applicants due to certain criminal histories."
description: "PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide for the rejection of certain applicants due to certain criminal histories."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1139"
citation: "Idaho S 1139 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c81ea3a-ccc9-4e1b-8080-d641f8051ab6"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1139/"
source_hash: "aa4403c1df2f1dca8731332a3a2283d2caee5ee8944ea6ff7cfadc741a23123c"
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 1139 (2025) — PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide for the rejection of certain applicants due to certain criminal histories.

## 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/S1139.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
- **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`
- **2025-03-11** Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – RuchtiFloor Sponsor - LakeyTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-12** Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 49-15-6AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum(Phillips), Church, Clow, Cornilles, Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Boyle, Bruce, Crane(12), Crane(13), Harris, Healey, Mathias, Palmer, Pohanka, Raybould, Shirts, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), WisniewskiAbsent – Achilles, Garner, Hill(Hill), Mickelsen, Sauter, WheelerFloor Sponsor - ShepherdTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Reported delivered to Governor at 11:30 a.m. on 03/24/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by Governor on 03/26/25 Session Law Chapter 182 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/5c81ea3a-ccc9-4e1b-8080-d641f8051ab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).