Relates to the appropriations from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
APPROPRIATIONS -- MILLENNIUM INCOME FUND -- Relates to the appropriations from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This is the FY 2026 appropriation bill for the Idaho Millennium Income Fund based on the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Millennium Fund Committee pursuant to Section 67-1806, Idaho Code. This bill also includes a FY 2025 supplemental appropriation. The Millennium Fund includes moneys received from tobacco companies as part of the Master Settlement Agreementthatrequirestobaccocompaniestopaystatesacalculatedamounteachyearinperpetuitytoaccount forliesmaderegardingthehealthissueswithtobaccouse. Eachyear, Idahoreceivesapproximately$24million from the settlement. Moneys are used pursuant to the appropriation with the stated intent of providing services for Idaho's youth for behavioral health programs. For FY 2025, onetime funding is provided to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for Youth Assessment Centers around the state. For FY 2026, funding is provided for Idaho State Police for their Fentanyl Awareness Campaign and to provide the appropriation necessary for accurate accounting with programs being conducted in partnership with the State Department of Education. Funding is provided for the State Department of Education for school resource officers and for eligible after-school programs. The bill adjusts the funding for Idaho Public Television by moving the appropriation from operating expenditures to personnel costs to align the appropriation with the intended amounts from the 2024 session. Finally, onetime funding is provided for the Department of Juvenile Corrections for youth assessment centers, with the intent that future funding be first considered by the Behavioral Health Council. This bill does not include funding for additional vape detectors, for a youth assessment survey, or for $6 million for several other programs brought before the Joint Millennium Fund Committee for funding consideration. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (26)
House Third Reading
YEA (59)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (2)
LATEST ACTION
Session Law Chapter 336 Effective: 04/14/2025 SECTION 14 & 15; 07/01/2025 SECTION 1-13
SPONSORS
Rep · HD-016A
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2025
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Apr 14, 2025