Idaho Bills
21 bills · 2023 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to establish a rural nursing loan repayment program.
This legislation creates an incentive for nurses to seek employment in rural health professional shortage areas or Idaho critical access hospitals.
18 – 17
Adds to existing law to require the provision of feminine hygiene products.
35 – 35
Relates to the appropriation to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2024.
This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the State Liquor Division. It appropriates a total of $29,491,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 261.00. The bill funds three line items, which provides for relocating or remodeling two stores; 1.00 FTP and salary for an additional HR specialist; and a contracted retail technology consultant.
18 – 17
Amends and repeals existing law regarding a voter's affidavit in lieu of identification.
This legislation repeals 34-1114, Idaho Code, which permits voters to complete an affidavit in lieu of showing personal identification at the polls.
Scott Herndon · SD-001
33 – 36
Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Launch Grant Program and to revise provisions regarding the In-Demand Careers Fund.
Geoff Schroeder · SD-008
20 – 15
Adds to existing law to enact the Idaho Dietary Supplement Act, which provides that the production, marketing, distribution, sale, and use of dietary supplements that were legal as of July 1, 2022, in Idaho shall remain legal in Idaho, regardless of any changes to federal law or regulation.
17 – 18
Adds to existing law to require cash be accepted for entry fees to school athletic events.
The purpose of the legislation is to assure that a spectator of any Idaho school sporting event is guaranteed the option to gain entry with a cash payment.
16 – 18
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Human Resources for fiscal year 2024.
This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Division of Human Resources. It appropriates a total of $17,293,600 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 160.00. The bill funds three line items, which provides 1.00 FTP for a new financial specialist position, funding for salary equity adjustments, and 137.00 FTP and $13,539,700 for DHR consolidation.
24 – 10
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for State Board of Education member elections.
34 – 35
Amends existing law to provide that no in-person student instruction shall take place on certain election days.
37 – 32
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding intervention by the Legislature in an action regarding an Idaho statute, to provide for the authority to intervene in certain instances, and to provide applicability.
18 – 17
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
34 – 36
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Public Health Services for fiscal year 2024.
18 – 17
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
18 – 17
Adds to existing law to establish the Parental Rights Protection of Minors Act to protect minors from exposure to harmful materials on certain devices.
Kevin Cook · SD-032
17 – 18
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
This is the fiscal year 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Environmental Quality. It appropriates a total of $165,914,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 379.00. The bill funds twelve line items, which provides: $191,900 for pay increases for engineers; $98,200 for a wastewater reuse analyst; $148,600 for a water quality program enhancement; $98,400 for an air quality compliance officer; $98,200 for a permit writer within the IPDES program; $98,200 for a data analyst within the IPDES program; $385,000 for additional operating costs within the IPDES program; $12,600,000 for federal funding for infrastructure grants; $400,000 for INL oversight; $1,500,000 for the superfund cleanup project and transfers said funds from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund as part of federal match requirements; $4,895,400 for federal project implementation; $555,000 for the central treatment plant in Kellogg. The budget also includes a reduction of 2.00 FTP and increase of $52,000 for the OITS consolidation. The bill also includes language requiring reporting, cash transfers, reappropriation, and directing the use of previously appropriated funds from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund. This bill also includes three fiscal year 2023 supplemental actions, including funding for the a new electronic data management system, maintenance costs at the central treatment plant in Kellogg, and to purchases air quality equipment with ARPA funds allocated to the department. These supplemental actions utilize onetime funding that is removed before calculating the fiscal year 2024 Base.
35 – 34
Amends existing law to provide that a property tax budget may be reduced by initiative or referendum.
This bill amends sections 34-1801B and 34-1801C to clarify applicability to property taxes.
36 – 33
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Behavioral Services for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention. It appropriatesatotalof$149,468,000andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-timeequivalentpositionsat788.41. This bill provides funding for eight line items. In the Division of Mental Health Services, line items provide: a reductiontotransfertheHomeswithAdultResidentialTreatment(HART)totheDivisionofMedicaid; funding for youth crisis centers; and community mental health funds. In the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization, line items provide: funding to update the electronic medical records system used by the three state hospitals; funds for State Hospital North and State Hospital West to make facility alterations to achieve accreditation; and funding for State Hospital South to provide funding for upgrades to maintain accreditation. In the Division of Substance Abuse, line items provide: funds for the substance abuse prevention grant; and funds for the state opioid response grant. In addition, there is one supplemental in this bill for the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, which provides onetime funds for the state opioid response grant.
18 – 17
Amends and repeals existing law to revise certain requirements regarding marriage.
This legislation amends Idaho's law regarding marriage licensing. Currently, record of a marriage is the marriage license and return certificate filed by the county recorder. This legislation eliminates the requirement for, and replaces it with, the recording of a marriage certificate with the county recorder.
16 – 17
Amends existing law to provide for the defensive display or declaration of a firearm and to provide that the defensive display or declaration of a firearm shall not be required in certain instances.
This bill protects the right of a person to declare or show that they possess a firearm to reasonably defend and protect themselves or another against the unlawful use or attempted use of physical force including deadly physical force.
60 – 10
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
This is the FY 2024 appropriation bill for the Office of the State Board of Education. It appropriates a total of $96,376,200 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 74.25. It provides $26,000 for a federal grant transfer, 1.00 FTP and $103,800 for an Idaho System for Educational Excellence (ISEE) coordinator, 1.00 FTP and $72,200 for a finance specialist, 10.00 FTP and $1,203,900 for the transfer of internal audit staff from universities to the Office of the State Board of Education (with a corresponding reduction in the College and Universities appropriation), $47,234,700 for replacing the ISEE system and other programs, 3.00 FTP and $297,300 to transfer IT staff from the Department of Education, $30,000,000 for the empowering parents grant program, and a reduction of 1.00 FTP and a reduction of $27,900 for human resource consolidation. Also included in this bill are two onetime FY 2023 supplemental appropriations, which provide $1,000,000 for arts grants to rural public schools, and $20,000,000 for school safety and security grants for public schools.
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