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S1375.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
MILITARY DEPLOYMENT - STATE BENEFITS - Amends existing law to provide that
all officers and employees of the state of Idaho who shall be members of
the National Guard or who shall be reservists in the Armed Forces of the
United States, shall be entitled each calendar year to fifteen days of
military leave of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay,
time or efficiency rating during which they shall be engaged in military
duty ordered or authorized under the provisions of law.
02/10 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt(Harper), Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Langhorst,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Keough
Floor Sponsor - Stennett
Title apvd - to House
02/23 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen,
Nonini, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch,
Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Garrett, Pasley-Stuart, Sali, Smith(30),
Wood
Floor Sponsor - Skippen
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/21 To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 171
Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1375
BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LEAVE OF ABSENCE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS FOR MILITARY
3 DUTY; AMENDING SECTION 46-216, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OFFICERS
4 AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF IDAHO WHO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
5 GUARD OR WHO SHALL BE RESERVISTS IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
6 SHALL BE ENTITLED EACH CALENDAR YEAR TO FIFTEEN DAYS OF MILITARY LEAVE OF
7 ABSENCE FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES WITHOUT LOSS OF PAY, TIME, OR EFFI-
8 CIENCY RATING DURING WHICH THEY SHALL BE ENGAGED IN MILITARY DUTY
9 ORDERED OR AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LAW.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 46-216, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12 amended to read as follows:
13 46-216. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM REGULAR DUTIES FOR FIELD TRAINING -- EXCEP-
14 TIONS MILITARY DUTY. All officers and employees of the state of Idaho who
15 shall be members of the national guard or who shall be reservists in the armed
16 forces of the United States, shall be entitled each calendar year to fifteen
17 (15) days of military leave of absence from their respective duties without
18 loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating on all days during which they shall be
19 engaged in field training military duty ordered or authorized under the provi-
20 sions of law. the national defense act; provided that this shall not apply to
21 any period of time spent in active service of the United States, except that a
22 period of fifteen (15) days or less in reserve training in any one (1) calen-
23 dar year shall not be considered time spent in active service of the United
24 States, for the purposes of this act.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16017
The intent of this legislation is to cover a loophole in Idaho Code.
Idaho Code currently permits Idaho National Guard Members to take two
weeks of paid leave for "field training". However, in the case of
deployment, as many recently faced with Iraq, Afghanistan and
Hurricane Katrina, Guard members were not permitted to take this leave
because such absence was not considered "field training." Since Guard
Members will not require "field training" during times of active
deployment, this bill changes the language in Idaho code to permit
"active deployment" and "field training" to be referred to as
"military duty". This will guarantee Guard members their two weeks
paid leave regardless of the situation that requires them to leave
their regular duties.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
Contact
Name: Sen. Clint Stennett
Phone: 332 1351
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1375