Idaho Bills

Adds to existing law to recognize Bear Lake's benefits and to provide for its enhancement, protection, and preservation.

This legislation will add Bear Lake to existing Idaho Code that preserves the lakes and water of Idaho. It recognizes Bear Lake’s unique qualities to the people of the State while acknowledging its current uses for irrigation storage, power generation, flood control, and recreation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization for fiscal year 2023.

This is an FY 2023 supplemental appropriation for the Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Psychiatric Hospitalization. It provides a net-zero fund shift from federal funds to the General Fund due to delays in achieving accreditation at State Hospital North and State Hospital West. It also provides a net-zero fund shift from federal funds to dedicated funds and the General Fund for State Hospital South, due to lack of revenue from federal sources.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society for fiscal year 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands for fiscal year 2023.

This is a fiscal year 2023 supplemental appropriation for the Department of Lands and provides for a total increase of $1,171,400. Firstly, the supplemental includes $340,400 from the General Fund to purchase equipment for the Cottonwood District in eastern Idaho, which includes funding for three command vehicles, one crew cab pickup truck, personal computers and office equipment, furniture, and radio communication equipment. Secondly, the supplemental includes $831,000 from the General Fund for fire fighting equipment to be used across the state. This second supplemental includes funding for five fire engines, two command vehicles for fire crews in Deary and the Northern Idaho Booster Crew, five fire detection cameras located at strategic mountain top locations, a new radio repeater system for better communication with the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch Center, and a pallet wrapper for the Coeur d'Alene Interagency Fire Cache.

Relates to the appropriation to various agencies to correct the fund source for fiscal year 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2023.

Adds to existing law to establish the Coronavirus Stop Act to prohibit certain actions related to coronavirus.

The coronavirus and its vaccinations are relatively new medical developments, and the decision to receive such a vaccination is a very personal decision. Individuals should not be discriminated against because they have or have not received a coronavirus vaccination. This legislation establishes limitations on the ability of private and public entities to impose a requirement that individuals receive a coronavirus vaccination.

Relates to the appropriation to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2023.

This is a FY 2023 supplemental appropriation bill for the Attorney General. It provides an additional $25,000 in onetime operating expenditures from the General Fund for transition costs associated with onboarding a new Attorney General; and $35,000 in ongoing personnel costs from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for pay increases for employees working on tobacco arbitration matters.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Insurance for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the STEM Action Center for fiscal year 2024.

ThisistheFY2024originalappropriationbillfortheSTEMActionCenter. Itappropriatesatotalof$6,222,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 8.00. The bill funds two line items, which provide 1.00 FTP for a development and marketing administrator and 1.00 FTP for a communications manager.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2024.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding membership of and appointments to the judicial council, to revise a provision regarding a duty of the judicial council, to provide for certain duties of the judicial council, and to provide for nonpartisan ballots for the election of judges of the court of appeals.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Veterans Services for fiscal year 2024.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding appointments to the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee.

To amend Idaho Code § 63-3706, to remove the lieutenant governor as the appointing authority for the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee and to replace the lieutenant governor with the president pro tempore of the senate as the appointing authority for the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee.