Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33811 / S1433 This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Medicaid provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include appropriations for the continuation of the 5-year MMIS procurement process (enhancement #4), the Estate Recovery program (enhancement #5), the Medicaid Program Integrity Unit (enhancement #6), appropriation to support the addition of a new contract staff in the Department of Administration (enhancement #21), adjustments to the Hospital Assessment Fund (including aligning funds pursuant to House Bill 345 of 2025 and the creation of a new budgeted program to track supplemental payments in enhancement #22), and population forecast adjustments.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33731 / S1404 This appropriation provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget for the Department of Agriculture. Enhancements to the Department of Agriculture include IT hardware and replacement items such as vehicles and accessories, laboratory equipment, office furnishings, field equipment, and message boards to direct boaters to go through the inspection stations. This legislation also includes a FY 2026 deficiency warrant to reimburse actual expenditures incurred in FY 2025 for monitoring and control of exotic species including Japanese beetles, Mormon crickets, and other exotic pests. Chapters 19 and 20, Title 22, Idaho Code, authorizes the use of deficiency warrants for the monitoring and mitigation of invasive species and pests. The appropriation also includes an FY 2026 supplemental appropriation in onetime dedicated fund appropriation for expenses incurred to treat quagga mussels.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Correction for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33672 / S1388 This appropriation to the Department of Correction provides a supplemental appropriation to the FY 2026 budget and enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget. FY 2027 enhancements include Replacement Items, Population Forecast Adjustments, and OITS Hardware. FY 2026 supplementals include Hepatitis-C Spending Authority, Offender Housing, and a Medical Services Adjustment.

Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal year 2026.

RS33866 / H0973 This is a FY 2026 supplemental appropriation to the Military Division. It provides $6,500,000 from federal funds to replace climate control systems in buildings occupied by the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of the Idaho Digital Learning Academy for fiscal year 2027.

RS33823 / S1438 This appropriation to the Public School Support Program's Idaho Digital Learning Academy provides a reduction to the FY 2027 program maintenance budget, restricts access to PESF for FY 2027, and adds reporting requirements.

Relates to the appropriation from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund for fiscal year 2027.

RS33749 / H0942 This is the FY 2027 appropriation bill for the Idaho Millennium Income Fund based on the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Millennium Fund Committee pursuant to Section 67-1806, Idaho Code. The Millennium Funds are moneys received from tobacco companies as part of the Master Settlement Agreement that requires tobacco companies to pay states a calculated amount each year in perpetuity to account for lies made regarding the health issues with tobacco use. Each year Idaho receives about $24 million from the settlement. Moneys are used pursuant to the appropriation with the stated intent of providing services for Idaho's youth for behavioral health programs. For FY 2027, funding is recommended as follows: -$150,000 ongoing to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Kamiah Recovery Center (Upriver Youth Leadership Council Recovery Center) to strengthen health outcomes and broaden access to recovery tools. -$692,200 onetime to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Idaho Children's Trust Fund to subgrant funds for community-based projects to strengthen families and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect. -$1,000,000 onetime to the Department of Juvenile Corrections to support Idaho's existing Safe Teen Assessment Centers by stabilizing staffing and core operations across 12 centers. -$3,000,000 onetime to the Department of Health and Welfare to support 10 children's advocacy centers. -$5,000,000 onetime to the Office of Drug Policy to fund a statewide drug awareness media campaign. In addition to the recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Millennium Fund Committee, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a onetime $30,000 appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections to restore funding for statewide training and coordination for school resource officers (SRO's).

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2027.

RS33520 / H0876 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for the State Board of Education. This bill includes appropriations to the Agricultural Research and Extension Service, College and Universities, Community Colleges, the Office of the State Board of Education, Health Education Programs, Career Technical Education, Idaho Public Television, Special Programs, Department of Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Idaho Public Charter School Commission. The appropriation includes adjustments for benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation (SWCAP), and a base reduction of up to 5%.

Relates to the appropriation to the Industrial Commission for fiscal year 2027.

RS33640 / S1385 This appropriation to the Industrial Commission provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes IRIS Maintenance Contract, Annual Seminar/CIWCS, Peace/Detention Officer Disability Fund, and OITS Hardware.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2027.

This is the FY 2027 maintenance appropriation for the Public School Support Program which includes the six divisions for Teachers, Student Support, the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, Facilities, Central Services, and the Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. The bill includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, and statewide cost allocation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33787 / S1429 This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a budget-neutral fund adjustment for Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (enhancement #24), a budget reduction to move appropriation to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections for clinical staff (enhancement #7), the partial restoration of ongoing program funding that was made onetime in FY 2026 as well as appropriations for Idaho Behavioral Health Plan grant increases (enhancement #9), a partial, onetime restoration of ongoing budget rescissions for Mental Health Services (enhancement #30), a benefit cost fund shift for State Hospital South (enhancement #8), a fund adjustment for State Hospital North and South to account for the way that revenue is received through the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (enhancement #23), replacement items (enhancement #58), a fund adjustment to shift General Fund burden to the State Hospital endowment funds (enhancement #59), and a Governor initiative to shift General Fund burden to the State-Directed Opioid Settlement for the Allumbaugh House. The bill includes transfer limitation exemption language and reporting language.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Economic Development for fiscal year 2027.

This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Economic Development. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, the Department of Finance, the Idaho Industrial Commission, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Labor, the Public Utilities Commission, the Self-Governing Agencies, and the Idaho Transportation Department. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a General Fund base reduction of up to 9%.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027.

RS33703 / S1409 This appropriation to the Idaho State Police provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes a Commercial Vehicle Safety Grant, Mobile Livescan Program, and replacement items, which include patrol vehicles and associated upfitting expenses, other law enforcement vehicles, ballistic vests, computer equipment, training building jail cell door replacement, desk chairs, and video cameras.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination for fiscal year 2027.

RS33771 / S1416 This appropriation provides for the consolidation of the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and the Office of Species Conservation (OSC) into the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination, pursuant to H737. Additionally, this bill provides enhancements to the new office that include an FTP/Fund Realignment to align FTP and dedicated funds to where work is expected to be billed; funding for Idaho Orchestrating Nuclear, which provides the agency flexibility to support state level nuclear related projects; federal funding for fish habitat restoration and rehabilitation; and funding from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund for Energy Resiliency Grants, which serves as a state match for federal energy resiliency programs.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027.

RS33814 / S1434 This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Welfare provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a reduction from federal funds and an increase to the General Fund to account for the shift in SNAP administration costs (enhancement #18), costs of implementing Medicaid Expansion work and community engagement requirements (enhancement #19), and the cost of system updates to track Medicaid eligibility determinations (enhancement #20). All three enhancements are related to H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act). Enhancements #19 and 20 are also related to House Bill 345 of 2025.

Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027.

RS33809 / S1435 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Health and Human Services. This bill includes appropriations to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%. The appropriation also includes the fiscal impact of House Bill 863.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027.

RS33815 / S1432 This appropriation bill to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Indirect Support, Licensing and Certification, and Independent Councils (collectively known as "Other Programs") provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a fund shift for the Background Check Unit (enhancement #11), funding for replacement items (enhancement #58), OITS modernization and consolidation, and the fiscal impact of S1314 (enhancement #27). This bill also includes partial restoration of funding for the Domestic Violence Council (enhancement #30).

Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys in the state treasury for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

This bill addresses several cash transfers into the General Fund for FY 2026 and 2027. The source of cash transfers include: (1.) the Strategic Initiatives Program Fund; (2.) the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Fund; (3.) the Permanent Building Fund; (4.) the Water Pollution Control Fund; and (5.) the In-Demand Careers Fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027.

RS33822 / S1437 This is a FY 2027 appropriation bill for the Idaho State Police. It addresses the fiscal impact of S1226, which added two misdemeanors of sexual battery and domestic violence to the list of crimes for which collection of a DNA sample and thumbprint impression are required.