Idaho Bills
635 bills · 2023 Regular Session
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Treasurer for fiscal year 2024.
32 – 3
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the registration and training of signature gatherers for initiative and referendum petitions.
Amends existing law to provide for preemption, retroactive application, and future application.
This legislation amends the retroactivity clause of the Idaho Energy Conservation Code provisions contained in Idaho code 39-9701 to make it retroactive to the date of implementation. H660, passed into law in the 2022 legislative session put the 2018 Energy Conservation Code into statute and prohibits local jurisdictions from adopting energy conservation codes or requirements that differ from or are more extensive than those provided for in 39-9701. The retroactivity language contained in that chapter has resulted in misinterpretation or abuse of the legislative intent of H660 by some jurisdictions. This legislation intends to clarify that provisions of 39-9701 are in effect.
29 – 6
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the income tax deduction for household and dependent care services.
This legislation increases the individual state tax deduction for dependent care to $12,000 per taxable year as found in 63-3022D, Idaho Code. Dependents include a taxpayer’s children under the age of 13, a dependent of a taxpayer with physical or mental limitations, and the spouse of a taxpayer with physical or mental limitations. Current code sets the limit to a percentage of expenses and a maximum deduction of $3,000 for one child or $6,000 for two or more children.
27 – 8
Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Education Opportunity Program.
Adds to existing law to implement the Fair Pharmacy Audits Act.
27 – 7
Adds to existing law to prohibit a public entity from entering into certain contracts with companies owned or operated by the government of China.
This legislation will prohibit an Idaho public entity from entering into certain contracts with companies owned or operated by the People’s Republic of China, led by the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese information technology vendors have contracted with state of Idaho and specific identified threats have been purchased by Idaho that have been banned or restricted from U.S. military and national security networks. Once the products from these vendors are installed, they can access sensitive personal and financial information held by courts, police departments, elections departments, education departments, children and family services, and other social service providers and agencies.
28 – 7
Adds to existing law to prohibit the use of merchant firearms codes.
This bill will prohibit credit card companies from assigning unique credit card codes to firearms retailers that sell weapons and ammunition in Idaho. The tracking of these codes will allow unprecedented surveillance of 2nd Amendment activity by the sharing with the government.
Tammy Nichols · SD-010
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Amends existing law to add certain reporting requirements related to the occupational licenses fund.
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2024.
This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. It appropriates a total of $26,541,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 146.00. The bill funds two line items, which provide funding for federal grant match and funding for interpreter services.
33 – 1
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Idaho State Capitol Commission for fiscal year 2024.
ThisistheFY2024originalappropriationbillfortheCapitolCommission. Itappropriatesatotalof$2,342,000.
35 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2024.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2024.
This is the fiscal year 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Fish and Game. It appropriates a totalof$149,932,500andcapsthenumberofauthorizedfull-timeequivalentpositionsat547.00. Thebillfunds seven line items, which include: $1,738,400 for targeted salary increases; $598,500 for disease monitoring and surveillance for chronic wasting disease; $5,534,100 to restore salmon and steelhead habitat; $500,000 to construct a residence in Blaine County for a conservation officer; $500,000 for projects under the Good Neighbor Authority; $261,000 for bighorn sheep research and management activities; and $4,322,600 for the Albeni Falls mitigation project.
21 – 9
Relates to the appropriation to the Public Defense Commission for fiscal year 2024.
35 – 0
Adds to existing law to provide that providing or administering an MRNA shot is a misdemeanor.
Amends existing law to allow legislative appropriations for upper divisions in community college districts.
29 – 3
Amends existing law to provide that the parent-child relationship shall be terminated if a parent caused a child to be conceived as a result of a sex crime and to provide that the sex offender shall be liable for child support as if still a parent.
This legislation amends Idaho Code so that if a child is conceived as a result of rape, incest, or lewd conduct with a minor or sexual abuse of a minor, then the offender will have their parental rights terminated. Even though the offender's parental rights will be terminated, they will still have to provide child support.
Heather Scott · HD-002A
Amends existing law to provide that a county may withdraw from a public health district.
Heather Scott · HD-002A
Amends existing law to require sellers to accept cash as a method of payment along with any other accepted methods of payment.
Heather Scott · HD-002A
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for standards of time for Idaho.
ThisbillkeepstheportionofthestateintheMountainTimeZonealwaysonMountainStandardTime. Itallows the portion of the state in the Pacific Time Zone to continue to observe standard time and daylight savings time.
Jeff Ehlers · HD-021B
Amends existing law to provide that a levy for a community college may not be made if the college's accreditation has been revoked and is not restored within two years.
Adds to existing law to require the provision of feminine hygiene products.
35 – 35
Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Financial Management for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
20 – 11
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2024.
34 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Administrative Hearings for fiscal year 2024.
34 – 0