Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee with a calculated reduction from the Governor's budget document.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 875 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET; AMENDING CHAPTER 35, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY2 THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-3512B, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A CAL-3 CULATED REDUCTION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOCUMENT; AND DECLARING AN4 EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.5

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:6

SECTION 1. That Chapter 35, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is7 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-8 ignated as Section 67-3512B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:9 67-3512B. CALCULATED REDUCTION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOCU-10 MENT. The legislative services office shall provide the joint finance-ap-11 propriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor's bud-12 get document provided for in section 67-3506, Idaho Code. The calculated re-13 duction shall include each of the changes for employee benefit costs, health14 insurance costs, and employee compensation for all entities that receive an15 appropriation by the legislature pursuant to 67-3514, Idaho Code, and that16 are authorized to have fifty (50) or more full-time equivalent positions. A17 reduction shall be calculated using a five (5) year average of actual person-18 nel cost expenditures divided by total personnel costs originally appropri-19 ated. If the entity has been in existence for less than five (5) years, the20 reduction shall be an average of all years in existence. The joint committee21 may include the calculated reductions as part of each entity's appropriation22 bill. The calculated reduction shall be applied to all fund types.23

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby24 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after25 July 1, 2026.26