Idaho Bills
718 bills · 2024 Regular Session
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include additional park personnel, increase to seasonal employee pay, increase park operations, OHV law enforcement passthrough support, a trailer for the motorized trails program, a responsible OHV media campaign, snowmobile signs and trail markers, construction at the Farragut State Park, statewide RV improvements, utility upgrades at Lake Walcott State Park, a Shoreline Erosion Grant at Lake Cascade State Park, funding for recreation council and infrastructure improvements, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.
Rick Just · SD-015
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Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding license plate readers and to provide for the attachment of front license plates only to vehicles equipped with a front mounting bracket.
Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding unlawful acts by manufacturers or distributors and to provide for affiliates and entities.
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Amends and adds to existing law to provide that notice of intent prior to an agreement taking effect shall be required in certain instances.
35 – 0
Adds to existing law to modify eligibility for public assistance for pregnant women.
This legislation adds provisions regarding postpartum Medicaid coverage for women. by extending Medicaid eligibility for twelve (12) months for postpartum coverage to individuals who, while pregnant, are eligible for and receive Medicaid.
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Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding qualification and requirements for the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship.
This legislation amends chapter 43, Title 33 of Idaho Code “Idaho Opportunity Scholarship.” It accomplishes three changes in Code. First, it eliminates the potential for duplication of funding for students that may qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship, which is a four-year $3,500 scholarship and the Idaho Launch Grants. They may apply but may only accept one. Secondly, it returns eligibility to use Opportunity Scholarship funds at an Idaho Community College. Finally, the limit on the availability of Opportunity Scholarship to adult students is adjusted to a more realistic limit from 20% of total appropriation of Opportunity Scholarships to 5%.
34 – 0
Amends existing law to provide a penalty for possession of marijuana in an amount less than three ounces.
This legislation amends Idaho Code section 37-2732 regarding controlled substances. A mandatory minimum fineisaddedforfirsttimeconvictionsofmarijuanapossessionofthree(3)ounces,orless,ofnetweight. Minors are exempt from a minimum fine for misdemeanor possession.
Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding who may own certain property, to provide for prohibition on lease or purchase of certain land or dwellings, and to provide for prohibition on access to state assets.
This legislation expands on current code where foreign governments will now be prohibited from purchasing anyIdahoforestland, inadditiontothealreadyprohibitioninpurchasingagriculturalland, waterrights, mining claims or mineral rights. Any foreign adversary is also under the same prohibitions, but under this legislation, the foreign adversary that owns any of these lands or resources must sell within 180 days of notice. If they do not sell, the land or resources will be sold by judicial foreclosure. Also, no foreign adversary may purchase or lease any property within the certain geographic boundaries to establish secure military operations areas.
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2025.
Julie VanOrden · SD-030
24 – 10
States findings of the Legislature and requests that Congress either propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution or call a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the growing national debt as a legitimate threat to the United States of America and calls upon the United States Congress to send to the states for ratification, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the absence of such action, after a date certain, the Idaho Legislature files application for an Article V Convention for the sole purpose of proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the States for Ratification.
Amends existing law to provide for the proration of the homestead exemption based on the change in status of the property.
Jeff Ehlers · HD-021B
Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the taxation of rate-regulated electric companies.
Relates to the appropriation to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2025.
ThisappropriationtotheStateLiquorDivisionprovidesenhancementstotheFY2025maintenancebudgetthat include pay increases for temporary staff at retail locations; funding to relocate or remodel a store; 2.00 FTP and conversion of temporary labor hours to permanent positions; a program systems specialist; replacement items; and the additional 2% CEC.
Carl Bjerke · SD-005
21 – 14
Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for College and Universities and the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Colleges and Universities provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include an additional appropriation and 29.25 FTP for occupational capacity enhancements, a reduction of 4.00 FTP and $489,000 to transfer risk managers to the Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE), endowment adjustments, nondiscretionary adjustments, and the additional 2% CEC.
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States findings of the Legislature and approves pending rules of the Department of Agriculture, the Idaho State Police State Brand Board, the Division of Occupational Licenses, and the Idaho Potato Commission reviewed by the House Agricultural Affairs Committee and the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee.
Approval of all administrative rules pertaining to the House and Senate Agricultural Affairs Committees.
70 – 0
Amends existing law to revise duties and penalties regarding the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
This legislation amends the Medicaid provider fraud statutes to set the punishment for provider fraud at a maximum of 15 years, allow for the recovery of prosecution and investigation costs, authorize the Attorney General or his designee to sign subpoenas, permit the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to investigate a wider range of provider fraud so long as it has a nexus to Medicaid, and clean up the statutory language as to the elements of the crime. The purpose of this legislation is to bring the provider fraud statute more in line with Idaho’s insurance fraud statute and federal regulations and to enable Idaho’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to operate more efficiently.
Kenny Wroten · HD-013B
35 – 0
Adds to existing law to provide for standard maintenance and repair terms and conditions and to provide for remediation.
This legislation clarifies that leases, land use permits, or other land use agreements that involve state land provide consistent terms and conditions, regardless of the intended land usage.
Relates to the appropriation to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes additional appropriation for software procurement, and the additional 2% CEC.
Janie Ward-Engelking · SD-018
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Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student education data.
This legislation seeks to update Title 33 Chapter 133, Idaho Code regarding the use, limitations, and penalties related to student data. The proposed legislation provides technical corrections and broadens the scope of student data to encompass education data more generally, thereby allowing staff data to receive the same protections as student data.
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for duties and authority of the Idaho Department of Lands and to provide for the Good Neighbor Authority Fund.
This bill creates a new chapter in Title 38, entitled “Sustainable Management of National Forests Act” recognizing the many benefits derived from proper forest management of federal forests throughout Idaho. The bill authorizes the Department of Lands to enhance and further implement the existing Good Neighbor Authority program as authorized in 16 U.S.C. Section 2113a (2016) creating accounts in the state treasury for Good Neighbor forest management, and authorizes appropriations from those accounts to carry out provisions of the Good Neighbor policy.
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States findings of the Legislature and authorizes the State Board of Education to commence preliminary conversations with the state of Utah to establish an operating agreement for Idaho students to participate in Utah's veterinary program.
This Concurrent Resolution is to authorize the Idaho State Board of Education to initiate preliminary conversations with the state of Utah and Utah State University to potentially establish an operating agreement for Idaho students to participate in Utah's veterinary program. This would be similar to the existing partnership Idaho has with Washington State University. The State Board of Education will then report back their findings to the legislature.
Amends existing law to revise the penalty for a first conviction for domestic violence.
This bill, relating to criminal domestic violence, amends the jail penalty from up to six (6) months to up to one (1) year for misdemeanor domestic violence conviction. This does not mean the convicted person will serve that length of time in jail, but it allows the judge this option based on the circumstances of the crime. There are also several technical corrections.
Kelly Anthon · SD-027
34 – 0
Amends existing law to transfer the Emergency Medical Services Bureau to within the Office of Emergency Management, to designate EMS as an essential government service, and to create the Emergency Medical Services Sustainability Fund.
This legislation moves the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Bureau out of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and relocates it into the Office of Emergency Management. All existing EMS programs except the Public Health Preparedness and Response Program will be moved effective July 1, 2025. The directors of the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare and the Office of Emergency Management will work together to coordinate the transfer of the EMS Bureau. The Office of Emergency Management will also be responsible for preparing a budget request for EMS functions for fiscal year 2026.
Mark Harris · SD-035
26 – 9
Amends existing law to include additional automotive parts within the definition of “aftermarket crash part” and to provide for a disclosure statement regarding safety and performance for non-OEM crash parts.
This legislation amends Idaho Code in relation to definitions and disclosures related to the use of aftermarket crash parts for motor vehicle repairs.
Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding prisoners who secure employment with a private employer.
This legislation applies to Idaho inmates hired by a private employer under the Department of Correction work releaseprogram. Itspecifiestheresponsibilityoftheprivateemployertoofferthesamesalaryrangeandbenefits as other similarly situated employees based on experience, education and other qualifications and clarifies the opportunity for inmates to use the benefits offered.
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