Idaho Bills
17 bills · 2022 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a property tax credit for certain plant and building investments.
37 – 32
Adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Workforce Housing Fund and to provide for the allocation of funds.
26 – 9
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Human Resources for fiscal year 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Division of Human Resources. It appropriates a total of $4,671,300 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 22.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers' compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds two line items. Line item 1 provides additional funds for employee engagement and line item 2 provides additional funds for a compensation and classification study.
28 – 6
Adds to existing law to establish the rural nursing loan repayment program.
Thislegislationcreatesthe“RuralNursingLoanRepaymentFund”underTitle39,Chapter59. Moneyallocated to the fund would pay educational debts for nurses committing to practice in designated rural health shortage areas and critical access hospitals in Idaho. Payments would be capped at $25,000 per year up to a maximum of $75,000 per qualified applicant.
14 – 17
Amends existing law to provide an exception for certain contracts.
37 – 33
Amends existing law to allow school buses to travel up to 70 miles per hour on the interstate.
16 – 19
Appropriates and transfers moneys from the General Fund to the Idaho Opportunity Fund.
31 – 35
Amends existing law to prohibit the use of drop boxes to return absentee ballots.
37 – 33
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the deadline to change political party affiliation or unaffiliated designation.
Under current Idaho code, voters in the four recognized political parties who want to change to a different party or become unaffiliated, must do so by the candidate filing deadline prior to the primary election. Those already in the unaffiliated category, however, are currently able to change their affiliation at any time, up to and including the primary election day. This bill changes the rule for unaffiliated voters. If they wish to change affiliation, they must do so by the candidate filing deadline prior to the primary election just like all the other voters.
36 – 32
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Financial Management for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
29 – 5
Amends existing law to provide for service extenders.
30 – 34
Amends existing law to revise the interest rate on the delinquent payment of property taxes.
16 – 19
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL- Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council for fiscal year 2022.
This is an FY 2022 supplemental appropriation bill for the Workforce Development Council. It provides 2.00 FTP and $15,000,000 for Childcare Infrastructure Grants.
38 – 32
Adds to existing law to provide that students who attend medical school through the WWAMI program or who are in an Idaho slot at the University of Utah shall commit to practicing in Idaho or reimburse the state for supporting the student's medical education.
ThislegislationwillrequireIdahostudentswhoenrollinWWAMIRegionalMedicalProgramortheUniversity of Utah School of Medicine to sign a contract with the State Board of Education stipulating that the student will repay monies paid for their education from public funds, unless the student is actively engaged in professional practice in Idaho for four years.
17 – 17
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Commission for Libraries. It appropriates a total of $11,206,700andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-timeequivalentpositionsat37.50. Forbenefitcosts,thebill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds six line items, which provide additional funds for Broadband Reimbursements, Project Coordinator, Local Library Grants, Digital Training and Programming, Technology Projects, and Digital Access.
33 – 36
Relates to year-end appropriations and transfers for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
This bill addresses several end of session items. 1. It provides cash transfers to various accounts for savings and other purposes. 2. It appropriates $50,000,000 to the Office of the State Treasurer for Workforce Housing as found in House Bill 701. 3. It keeps the sun-up for reporting requirements by school districts and public charter schools to continue submitting expenditure data to the Board of Education and the Legislature.
35 – 34
Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council for fiscal year 2023.
This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Workforce Development Council. It appropriates a total of $34,569,100 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 9.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds three line items, which provide 3.00 FTP and additional funds for an Administrative Assistant, CNA Study, and Workforce Training Grants.
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