S14372026 Regular Session

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS -- IDAHO STATE POLICE -- Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027.

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

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RS33822 / S1437 This is a FY 2027 appropriation bill for the Idaho State Police. It addresses the fiscal impact of S1226, which added two misdemeanors of sexual battery and domestic violence to the list of crimes for which collection of a DNA sample and thumbprint impression are required.

FISCAL NOTE

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This bill provides an additional appropriation of $63,000 ongoing from the General Fund for operating expenditures for the Forensic Services Program within the Division of the Idaho State Police.

BILL TEXT

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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1437 BY FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE IDAHO STATE POLICE; APPROPRIATING AD-2 DITIONAL MONEYS TO THE IDAHO STATE POLICE FOR THE FORENSIC SERVICES PRO-3 GRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN4 EFFECTIVE DATE.5

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

SECTION 1. In addition to any other appropriation provided by law,7 there is hereby appropriated to the Idaho State Police for the Forensic8 Services Program $63,000 from the General Fund to be expended for operating9 expenditures for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.10

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby11 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after12 July 1, 2026.13