---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1148"
citation: "Idaho S 1148 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "TAX AND TAXATION", "UTILITIES", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/945ebbe3-f7f1-4453-bab8-7c2e1f335a7b"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1148/"
source_hash: "e66bcc6831d217687a82ec6c9117695ee1d8a1dbc863a2e9d1b6d0ba16392093"
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 1148 (2025) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – STATE TAX COMMISSION – INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION – Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission.

## 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/S1148.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **35–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FINANCE 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 Finance
- **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 - 19-15-1AYES – Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Hart, Lakey, Lent, Ricks, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, WoodwardNAYS – Adams, Den Hartog, Foreman, Harris, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ruchti, Shippy, Toews, Zito, ZuiderveldAbsent and excused – AnthonFloor Sponsor - WintrowTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-03-12** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** U.C. to be returned to Appropriations Committee
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 24, 2025
- **2025-03-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 35-30-4AYES – Achilles, Barbieri, Berch, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Egbert, Ehardt, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green(Lesmeister), Handy, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, WisniewskiNAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Dygert, Erickson, Fuhriman, Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, McCann, Mickelsen, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Tanner(13), Thompson, WheelerAbsent – Beiswenger, Crane(13), Ehlers, HealeyExcused from voting – Mr. SpeakerFloor Sponsor - HormanTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-25** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Reported delivered to Governor at 3:55 p.m. on 03/26/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor on 03/31/25 Session Law Chapter 244 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/945ebbe3-f7f1-4453-bab8-7c2e1f335a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).