Idaho Bills
718 bills · 2024 Regular Session
Amends existing law to require school district boards of trustees to adopt certain rules of procedure for the conduct of their meetings.
This legislation would ensure that patrons of a public school district or charter school have the ability to provide in-person public comment at regular meetings of school boards before the board takes final action on items. It promotes local control by requiring the school board to adopt their own rules of order and procedure, which will govern running board meetings and establish public comment standards – including reasonable time limits and conduct standards. It limits items for public comment to issues that appear on the agenda and prevents any privacy violations by prohibiting public comment on items that qualify for executive session such as personnel or student issues. Lastly, it provides patrons with the ability to request to appear on specific items using the board’s established procedures.
60 – 8
Amends existing law to require paid signature gatherers to disclose that they are being paid and to revise provisions regarding the collection of signatures for ballot measures.
This proposal requires people who are paid to gather signatures for initiatives and referenda to verbally inform potential signers of petitions for an initiative or referendum that he or she is paid to gather signatures. Additionally, the petition employed by a paid signature gatherer must prominently state that the signature gatherer is receiving payment in exchange for circulating the petition. Lastly, the paid petition gatherers must wear a badge that clearly identifies them as a "Paid Petition Circulator."
54 – 16
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the placement of a child in congregate care settings.
This legislation establishes a policy to direct the placement of a child in congregate care. • The Department of Health & Welfare shall file a notice of placement with the court within seven days if the child is placed in a short-term rental, temporary shelter care, or congregate care. • No child under 12 shall be placed in a short-term rental, temporary shelter care, or congregate care without meeting certain conditions. • Children who don’t meet the conditions can’t remain in qualified residential treatment or a short-term rental, temporary shelter care, or congregate care for more than two weeks without a documented emergency. • The director of Health & Welfare must approve continued placement beyond two weeks at least every two weeks onward.
Kelly Anthon · SD-027
70 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game provides enhancements to the fiscal year 2025 maintenance budget that includes salary inflation for temporary employees, operating costs for conservation officer, 1.00 FTP and funding for grizzly bear conflict management, restoration of habitat along the Pahsimeroi River, 2.00 FTP and funding for depredation prevention program staffing, funding to overhaul the agency's website, fish screen fabrication and placement, wildlife migration staff, adjustments to the appropriation for revenues from wildlife license plates, a conservation easement in Elmore County, wildlife crossing-migration initiatives, improvements to the agency's Pocatello office, fish habitat restoration projects, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC.
Van Burtenshaw · SD-031
40 – 30
Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding waste tire recycling.
This legislation amends the Idaho Waste Tire Disposal Act. It provides for the establishment of a new waste tire recycling fee of $1.00 for each tire commercially sold in the state. The legislation also provides for the establishment of a new waste tire recycling fund. Fees collected from the sale of new tires are collected and deposited into the fund by the Idaho State Tax Commission. The fund is to be administered by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality for two purposes: (1) to clean up abandoned waste tire piles located in various locations throughout the state; and, (2) to provide for partial reimbursement for the costs of transporting, processing and recycling waste tires generated within the state. Monies in the fund may only be expended subject to legislative appropriation. The fee has a five-year sunset clause.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands and the Endowment Fund Investment Board for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Idaho Land Board provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget for the Department of Lands and the Endowment Fund Investment Board. Enhancements include fire equipment for the East Idaho District, operating costs within the fire program, tree seedling coolers, fire program staffing, staffing within the Good Neighbor Authority, operating costs within the Good Neighbor Authority, support for the forestry assistant program, fire program equipment, recreation program equipment, a vehicle for GIS equipment, funding for staff computers, funding to purchase land for the Veterans Cemetery as an agency for the Division of Veteran Affairs, $1,000,000 for bonuses for Department of Lands firefighters, adjustments for the timber protective association, funding to continue support for the department's contract with the Idaho Geological Survey at the University of Idaho for abandoned mine database, replacement items; and an additional 2% CEC. The enhancements for the Department of Lands also include a reduction of 14.00 FTP and an increase of $97,000 for consolidation with the Office of Information Technology. Enhancements for the Endowment Fund Investment Board include funding to replace computer equipment and the 2% CEC. The bill also appropriates and transfers $17,000,000 from the General Fund to Fire Suppression Deficiency Warrant Fund for fire suppression activities.
Van Burtenshaw · SD-031
42 – 26
Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding a false report of explosives and to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places.
This legislation amends Section 18-333 of Idaho Code, to give legislative intent, to declare the dangers of “swatting” to both the public and private sectors, to revise a provision regarding false police reports by adding a new section to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergencies in public or private places, and to make technical corrections, define terms and include penalties.
23 – 12
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the eligibility of certain vendors to submit bids for state contracts for property or services.
State agencies and the state legislature benefit from hearing from a wide array of experts. This bill ensures that consultants and experts, whether paid or unpaid, are not precluded from bidding on state projects provided: (1) any work product is publicly available at the time of the letting of the solicitation, (2) that participation in any legislative task force is done in public subject to the State’s open meetings laws, (3) that the solicitation is not drawn in such a way as to favor a particular vendor; and (4) the solicitation does not give a particular vendor a quantifiable objective bidding advantage.
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Child Welfare, Services for the Developmentally Disabled, and Service Integration provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include nondiscretionary adjustments, funding for the Idaho Children's Trust, Year 2 of the START Certification, infant and toddler service coordination, crisis patient treatment at SWITC, crisis stabilization funding, replacement items, personnel cost reductions, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also provides adjustments to the FY 2024 appropriation for Child Welfare, Services for the Developmentally Disabled, and Service Integration. Looking at Table 2 below, adjustments include cost based pricing increases, a net-zero shift for additional operating expenditures, crisis patient treatment at SWITC, crisis stabilization, and infant and toddler coordination.
Julie VanOrden · SD-030
47 – 22
Adds to existing law to provide for warning labels.
This legislation amends Idaho Code, Title 22, Chapter 34 and Idaho Code, Title 48, Chapter 6 regarding pesticide labeling and the Idaho Consumer Protection Act. Pesticide labeling is regulated by state and federal laws. This legislation clarifies that existing regulations of pesticide labels shall create a presumption that there was an adequate warning regarding the health and safety from the pesticide label that can be rebutted in a court of law that the warning was inadequate to protect from unreasonable risks of injury or damage, or that the warning was procured by fraudulent conduct. This legislation applies only to existing products and their existing carcinogenicity classification as of July 1, 2024. The legislation has a three year sunset on June 30, 2027.
Mark Harris · SD-035
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Idaho State Police which is comprised of four divisions: the Brand Inspection, the Idaho State Police, the POST Academy, and the Racing Commission, provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for instrument maintenance agreements, additional IT bandwidth, a funds shift off of the Highway Distribution Account onto the General Fund, Microsoft 365 licenses, radio dispatch consoles, SQL server licenses, additional appropriation for federal funds, a net-zero budget realignment, a training mission, sexual assault cold cases, watercraft inspection stations, a fund shift for employee health care, a pay increase for contract employees, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC .
Ben Adams · SD-012
59 – 9
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, Mental Health Services, and Psychiatric Hospitalization provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include nondiscretionary adjustments, funding from the opioid settlement for treatment, adjusting the budget for personnel costs and operating expenditures, replacement items, and endowment fund adjustments for state hospital north, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also provides adjustments to the FY 2024 appropriation for Mental Health Services and Psychiatric Hospitalization. Looking at Table 2 below, there are net-zero budget impacts moving personnel costs to operating expenditures, and moving funding for crisis centers from the Adult Mental Health Program to the Children's Mental Health Program, budget alignment by fund source for State Hospital South, and accreditation at State Hospital North and State Hospital West.
Julie VanOrden · SD-030
44 – 23
Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys to the General Fund for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
This bill provides a onetime cash transfer to the General Fund and directs the Office of the State Controller to not transfer funds from the rainy day fund to the General Fund. Section 57-814, Idaho Code requires the Office of the State Controller to transfer any balance that exceeds 15% of General Fund revenue collections of the year just ended from the Budget Stabilization Fund, otherwise known as the rainy day fund, to the General Fund. The fund balance of the rainy day fund is at the statutory cap of 15% of General Fund revenues for FY 2023. The current revenue forecast for FY 2024 is 5.1% below FY 2023 General Fund revenue collections. If this revenue forecast holds, funds in the Budget Stabilization Fund would be transferred back to the General Fund. Rather than reducing the balance in the Budget Stabilization Fund, section 2 directs the Office of the State Controller to not make the transfer from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Fund.
Scott Grow · SD-014
50 – 19
Adds to existing law to convert the corporate entity Four Three Education into an independent public body corporate and politic and to invest such entity with the power to acquire and manage the University of Phoenix.
This bill creates the 43 Education Act to reform the entity and address concerns identified by the legislature. The bill does five main things: • 43 Education will become an independent body politic and corporate. • The board of trustees provides legislative oversight by including two legislators, appointed by the Speaker of the House and Senate President Pro Tempore. • The state is insulated from liability, and bondholders must be told up front that the state won’t offer its backing or credit. • 43 Education must be self-sustaining and is prohibited from asking JFAC for funds. • 43 Education must report annually to the legislature in writing and give presentations to JFAC and Senate and House Education Committees.
Charles Winder · SD-020
14 – 19
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Indirect Support, Licensing and Certification, and Independent Councils provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that include funding for MMIS operational data personnel, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also provides the FY 2025 Appropriation for the Indirect Support Services Division, which includes standard adjustments for benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation. This appropriation provides an additional $140,400 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Divisions of Licensing and Certification and Independent Councils found in Senate Bill 1268, as well as $56,473,700 for the FY 2025 original appropriation for the Indirect Support Services Division, for a total increase of $56,614,100. Table 1 shows all the adjustments leading to the FY 2025 total budget for Other Programs. Additionally, Table 1 shows the mid-year adjustments to the FY 2024 budget for Indirect Support Services, and Licensing and Certification. Mid-year adjustments include a onetime transfer of personnel costs to operating expenditures for the Medicaid Program Integrity Unit and for inflationary items, onetime funding for the agency's federal cost allocation plan, and a onetime transfer of personnel costs to operating expenditures for contract nurses. The total increase to the FY 2024 budget is $296,400.
Julie VanOrden · SD-030
39 – 29
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2025.
This appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget that includes funding for targeted CECs for aeronautics, airfield improvements, deferred maintenance projects, new equipment, net-zero department-wide transfers to align the budget with anticipated expenditures, construction planning software and updating the website, 53.00 FTP for workforce planning, an increase in federal funds, replacement items, and the additional 2% CEC. This bill also includes funding for construction projects, road and bridge maintenance, safety and capacity projects, and local bridge maintenance. Additionally, this bill provides cash transfers from the General Fund to dedicated funds totaling $502,800,000. Lastly, this bill provides language for reappropriation, direction to renovate the State Street headquarters, direction to renovate its Shoshone district 4 headquarters, and language directing use of unobligated ARPA state and local fiscal recovery projects to pedestrian safety and surface transportation projects.
Kevin Cook · SD-032
States findings of the Legislature and approves pending rules of the Division of Human Resources and Personnel Commission, the Idaho Industrial Commission, and the Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho reviewed by the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee and the House Commerce and Human Resources Committee, with exceptions.
This legislation approves the Pending Rules of the Division of Human Resources and Personnel Commission, the Idaho Industrial Commission, and the Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho, reviewed by the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee and the House Commerce and Human Resources Committee, with Exceptions.
70 – 0
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to include private and home schooling in the compulsory attendance provision.
This Joint Resolution amends the Idaho Constitution in Section 9, Article IX. It places in the constitution a right of custodial parents and guardians to cause their children to be privately educated or to choose to privately home educate their children free from government regulation of such private education. This amendment should not be construed to prohibit requirements attached to the receipt of public funds or requirements for participation in public education. The rights recognized in this constitutional amendment are already well established in Idaho Code, and this resolution preserves those rights for generations to come by a constitutional amendment.