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H04702025 Regular Session

Adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho personnel reduction act and to provide for the reporting of state employee travel expenses.

STATE BUDGET -- Adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho personnel reduction act and to provide for the reporting of state employee travel expenses.

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Committee: State Affairs

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This legislation deals with state budget issues. First, it makes state government more efficient by requiring state agencies to identify all employee positions that have been vacant for over a year and either eliminating the position and reducing the agency budget request accordingly, or funding and filling the position using existing funds. In doing so, this could reduce the size of government agencies to a level at which they have already demonstrated the ability to operate. Second, it requires state agencies to report on employee travel for the previous fiscal year when each state agency submits its annual budget request to the Governor and the Legislature.

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This legislation does not increase or decrease any governmental revenues, nor does it require the expenditure of any governmental funds. It may have the effect of reducing government spending if unneeded positions that have been vacant for over a year are eliminated. The exact amount of such savings will not be known until all agency budget requests are submitted on September 1, 2025. Additional savings on state employee travel expenses are also likely as better data on these costs are compiled and submitted to state budget policy makers.

house Chamber· Apr 2, 2025

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
65 Yea
0 Nay
5 absentPassed by 65 votes
Republican
58 yea/0 nay
Democrat
7 yea/0 nay
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Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs

Session
2025
Chamber
house
Committee
State Affairs
Status date
Apr 2, 2025
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