Idaho Bills

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

RS33705 / H0921 This appropriation to the State Department of Education provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget, including dedicated fund spending authority to the School Bus Camera Fund in relation to the requirements of Section 49-1422, Idaho Code, which provides for the purchase of school bus stop sign arms, cameras, and related equipment using revenue generated from court-ordered infraction payments for illegally overtaking school buses. In addition, the bill includes federal spending authority for a onetime farm-to-school grant program, and an ongoing grant to support costs related to operating the Child Nutrition Program.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Division of Public Works for fiscal year 2027.

RS33638 / H0919 This appropriation to the Division of Public Works in the Department of Administration provides the FY 2027 Original Appropriation from the Permanent Building Fund. It provides funding for building maintenance projects, alterations and repairs projects, ADA compliance projects, facilities maintenance for the Capitol Mall and Chinden Campus, and one capital project for design of the Bonneville County Readiness Center.

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 2027.

RS33709 / H0922 This is the enhancements bill for the college and universities, including a reduction of $752,900 for the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS); an addition of 4.00 FTP and $510,500 for the transfer of risk managers from the Office of the State Board of Education; and a $1,909,700 endowment funds adjustment. .

Relates to the appropriation to the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

RS33758 / H0925 This appropriation to the Judicial Branch provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes an $800,700 onetime increase in the Senior Magistrate Judge Fund for anticipated costs associated with magistrate judge retirement benefits. The next three enhancements were considered as part of the Court's General Fund reduction plan for FY 2027, which included shifting costs from the General Fund to dedicated funds. Implementation of the proposed plan includes a onetime increase of $700,000 in the Drug Court, Mental Health Court, Family Court Services Fund, a onetime increase of $400,000 in the Substance Abuse Treatment Fund, and an ongoing $2,000,000 increase in the Court Technology Fund. The total dedicated fund enhancement for the Court Operations Division is $3,900,700. In addition, this appropriation provides an ongoing increase of $77,900 for the Second District Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program to hire a trainer/recruiter position, as well as provide funding for rent, liability insurance, and an annual financial audit. In the maintenance bill, the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Division base budget was reduced by $144,800. This action restores $87,400 to the GAL Division onetime for FY 2027.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal year 2027.

RS33704 / S1402 This appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections (IDJC) provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes General Fund Budget Restoration, which restored 6.00 FTP and $593,900 for direct care staff at IDJC facilities, emergency support funding for counties, and substance use disorder mentoring for juveniles; Clinician Service Transfer from the Department of Health and Welfare; replacement items, which included 10 vehicles, recreation area improvements at the Nampa facility, new desks and chairs at the Nampa and Lewiston facilities, headquarter lobby remodel for security purposes, and other facility maintenance at the Lewiston and St. Anthony facility; and OITS Hardware, which included laptops and desktops that have surpassed the 4-year replacement cycle, as well as switches, routers, and other network upgrades that the Office of Information Technology Services has identified as key infrastructural priorities.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Information Technology Services for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33641 / H0870 This appropriation to the Office of Information Technology Services provides enhancements to the FY 2027 budget that includes appropriation and transfer of $458,700 from the General Fund to the Administration and Accounting Services Fund for increases in personnel costs, funding for enterprise security, E-CORE federal grant program, and the transfer of IT personnel from the Department of Health and Welfare as part of OITS Modernization. Additionally, this appropriation provides onetime supplemental funding for the FY 2026 budget that includes appropriation for building furnishings from the General Fund and the E-CORE federal grant program.

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

RS33706 / H0906 This is the enhancements bill for the community colleges, including a reduction of $245,500 for the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) and an addition of $1,123,200 to restore the 2% additional reduction.

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

RS33702 / H0905 This appropriation to the Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE) provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a funds transfer from the higher education institutions for a centralized learning management system (LMS) contract, a transfer of risk managers from OSBE to Boise State University, Idaho State University, and the University of Idaho, and appropriation of the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant.

Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33710 / H0908 This appropriation to the Military Division provides enhancements to the maintenance budget that include funding for indirect cost recovery of administrative costs associated with federal grants and a restoration of the additional 2% rescission to the division's General Fund appropriation for the State Education Assistance Program, which provides tuition assistance to members of the Idaho National Guard. A cash transfer to reimburse deficiency warrants for cleanup of hazardous materials incidents is also included.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33671 / S1386 This appropriation to the Commission of Pardons and Parole provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes Dedicated Fund Budget Restoration and OITS Hardware. This bill also provides a supplemental appropriation to the FY 2026 budget, which includes a Dedicated Fund Rescission Restoration.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2027.

RS33547 / H0877 This appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides additional funding to the FY 2027 budget for a lease increase for the Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System for fiscal year 2027.

RS33546 / H0868 This appropriation to the Public Employee Retirement System provides onetime enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include funding for a pension software upgrade, continuity-of-operations plan, and replacement items.

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

RS33643 / S1381 This appropriation to the State Lottery provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include replacement computer equipment such as desktops, laptops, and Apple workstations used to develop scratch games.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society for fiscal year 2027.

RS33701 / S1387 This appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society provides additional funding to the FY 2027 budget that includes additional appropriation for state collections and archival moving costs, and OITS hardware, including desktops, laptops, and a printer.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the Constitutional Officers for fiscal year 2027.

RS33503C1 / H0866 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation Bill for the Constitutional Officers. This bill includes appropriations to the Executive Office of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the State Controller, the Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%. For the Secretary of State, in lieu of an ongoing base reduction, the office reverted $850,000 in onetime cash in FY 2026.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2027.

RS33639 / S1384 This appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission provides an enhancement to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes OITS Hardware, which includes 19 laptops.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2027.

RS33747 / S1403 This appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes remediation of Triumph Mine site; funding to transfer Water Pollution Control Fund and to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund for the superfund cleanup project; a reduction of federal grant funds and increase in dedicated funds to support personnel within the IPDES Program and the program's permitting system; and 4.00 FTP and funding from the Solid Waste Regulatory Fund to centralize solid waste oversight pursuant to House Bill 555 of 2026. This bill also includes three cash transfers from funds in addition to the enhancements above. The first transfers the balance of the DEQ Air Permitting Fees Account to the Idaho Air Quality Permitting Fund to consolidate the two funds, as the former is no longer utilized by the agency. The second transfers the balance of the DEQ Drinking Water Fees Account to the Public Water System Supervision Fund to consolidate the two funds, as the former is no longer utilized by the agency. Finally, there is a transfer to move $400,000 from the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund to the Solid Waste Regulatory Fund to be used for solid waste oversight activities until fees for such activities will allow for self-support.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2027.

RS33812 / S1431 This bill provides additional funds to the Department of Water Resources to the FY 2027. It includes funding for aquifer monitoring and measuring and restores funding that was removed from the maintenance appropriation as part of the ongoing 5% Base Reduction. These restorations include funding for stream gaging and personnel costs related two positions within the North Idaho Adjudication and Bear River Basin Adjudication programs. This budget also includes language allowing the reappropriation of federal funds to pay for projects are they are completed and language directing the use the treatment of filing fees collected during the adjudication process.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2027.

RS33711 / H0923 This appropriation to the Department of Administration provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a shift of utilities costs from the General Fund to dedicated funds and a program transfer for an administrative support position. It also provides dedicated funding for 1.00 FTP for a bureau chief for Medicaid procurement, general inflation for utilities rate increases, IT hardware, and an adjustment to a prior General Fund rescission for a long-term vacant position to correct a calculation error.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2027.

RS33828 / H0952 This appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of the State provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a onetime appropriation of $350,000 for a voter pamphlet, as well as an ongoing transfer of $20,000 from operating expenditures to personnel costs to provide overtime expenses in lieu of compensatory time for the post election audit team. This bill also includes a 2% ongoing General Fund base reduction in the amount of $114,200. The total budget for the Office of the Secretary of State is $5,872,400.

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

RS33868 / H0974 This is an appropriation bill for the Idaho State Police for FY 2027, for the purposes of implementing a new pay plan for commissioned officers. This bill serves as a trailer appropriation for H793, S1325, and H967, all of 2026. H793 amended the revenue distribution of the beer excise tax pursuant to Section 23-1008, Idaho Code, directing moneys that were previously distributed to the Permanent Building Fund, to the Idaho State Police, with 60% of those contributions going to the Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) Fund, and the other 40% directed to the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund. This is projected to generate approximately $1 million annually for Project Choice. S1325 created a new white and black license plate. Proceeds from the sale of this plate are directed to the Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) Fund, pursuant to Section 49-417G, Idaho Code, and are projected to generate an additional $1.5 million annually. H967 amended the liquor account distributions to direct an additional $4 million annually to the Law Enforcement (Project Choice) Fund, pursuant to Section 23-404, Idaho Code. Idaho State Police estimates that those policy changes will generate a cumulative of $6,500,000 annually for the Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) Fund. The federal funds included in this appropriation will be directed towards personnel costs for the Commercial Vehicle Safety team within the Patrol Program. These positions are federally funded from the federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, and this federal fund appropriation would align those employees with the implemented pay plan structure.

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

RS33862 / S1453 This is a FY 2027 appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare. It establishes the Idaho Rural Health Transformation Fund, and creates Rural Health Transformation Committee, a legislative oversight body responsible for governance, review, and recommendations related to the use of rural health transformation funds. This appropriation is related to the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) established in H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), which provides $929 million to Idaho over five years. The purpose of the program is to strengthen rural healthcare by giving states funding to innovate care delivery, boost provider sustainability, develop the workforce, and leverage technology for better access and outcomes in underserved areas. Idaho will receive an annual federal award of $185,974,400 over the five year grant period. The funding will be available for two years before it expires. The Department of Health and Welfare will submit an annual budget request for appropriation in an amount that aligns with the federal funding cycle. This appropriation includes a supplemental to allow the department to draw down available federal funds for the remainder of FY 2026. This bill also provides the ongoing appropriation for the 12.00 limited-service positions, as well as onetime appropriation for FY 2027. The Rural Health Transformation committee will ensure funds are used solely for federally approved purposes, are distributed through a transparent and accountable process, and align with Idaho's approved rural health transformation plan. The committee will provide legislative oversight, require sustainability planning for funded initiatives, receive regular reports on expenditures and outcomes, and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the use of funds. The act includes public reporting requirements and sunsets the committee once all funds have been expended.

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

RS33863 / S1454 This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Early Learning and Development, Family and Community Partnerships, and Youth Safety and Permanency provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget. For FY 2027 this bill includes funding for four enhancements, a population forecast adjustment and adds the Idaho Home Visiting Program (IHVP) to the Division of Early Learning and Development. Enhancements include a walker mower, federal appropriation for the Kinship Navigation Grant, budget restoration for post adoption services, and budget restoration for safety assessments. This bill includes sections of language providing transfer limitation exemptions and reporting requirements.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33860 / H0971 This bill for the Office of the Attorney General provides an increased appropriation of $880,000 in the Consumer Protection Fund. This appropriation is in addition to the FY 2027 maintenance budget and restores funding on a onetime basis that was previously reduced through the FY 2027 budget rescission. Language included in the bill sets aside existing Idaho Code so that moneys in the Consumer Protection Fund may be used for the furtherance of all the Attorney General's duties and activities under Idaho law, as opposed to only duties and activities that relate to the Consumer Protection Act. This bill also includes an FY 2026 supplemental appropriation of $880,000 in the Consumer Protection Fund, restoring funds on a onetime basis that were previously reduced through the FY 2026 budget rescission, and language to set aside code as discussed above.

Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM Action Center for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33813 / H0949 This appropriation provides for the consolidation of the STEM Action Center and the Workforce Development Council (WDC). The bill includes a FY 2026 rescission to the STEM Action Center's existing budget for closing out an existing contract, moving most of the FY 2027 maintenance budget from STEM Action Center to the Workforce Development Council, and providing an increase to the Workforce Development Council for an existing contract.