Idaho Bills
632 bills · 2016 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide additional forms of personal identification that may be presented at the polls.
66 – 0
Repeals and amends existing law to add a provision allowing an amount paid for health insurance purposes to be subtracted from taxable income.
To help and encourage Idaho citizens to purchase health insurance and eliminate income taxes on the individual or families share of the premium.
Repeals and amends existing law to provide a deduction for certain health care and medical services costs.
To help and encourage Idaho citizens to seek out and utilize health care providers and obtain authorized services and prescriptions and eliminate income taxes on those services.
Appropriates to the Supreme Court an additional $2,949,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation to the Supreme Court by $2,949,000 from the Drug Court, Mental Health Court and Family Court Services Fund for fiscal year 2017; and exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations.
34 – 0
Amends existing law to provide procedures for calculating the value of property exempt from taxation belonging to a federally recognized Indian tribe and property taxes forgone and to provide duties of the county clerk and State Tax Commission; to provide application to taxing districts for 2016 taxable year only for those taxing districts containing property of federally recognized Indian tribes; and to provide for remittance of moneys to local governments for property belonging to a federally recognized Indian tribe and that is exempt from taxation.
Adds to existing law to provide duties of wireless telecommunications carriers regarding emergency situations and to provide duties of the Idaho State Police.
This legislation adds a new section to Chapter 48, Title 31, Idaho Code, and requires a wireless telecommunications carrier to provide call location information of a user's telecommunications device when requested by Idaho State Police in emergency situations.
Appropriates $855,733,000 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2017; directs the use of moneys for professional development; and defines the term "distributed."
35 – 0
Appropriates $286,915,800 for the Public Schools Educational Support Program/Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2017; provides guidance on funds for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy; directs the use of funds for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program; directs the use of funds for literacy programs and remedial coursework; directs the use of funds for limited English proficiency programs; requiring advanced opportunities reporting; defining the term "distributed."
35 – 0
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding leadership premiums.
27 – 8
Adds to existing law to provide for the Rural Education Support Center and related provisions.
44 – 26
Amends existing law to provide an income tax credit for charitable contributions made to medical residency placement organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American osteopathic organization based in Idaho and devoted to placing medical residency within Idaho.
Amends and adds to existing law to further define "retailer"; and "retailer engaged in business in this state" for state sales tax purposes for determining a nexus to Idaho; and to reduce personal; and corporate income tax rates.
Provides an effective date for House Bill No. 431, as enacted by the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-third Legislature.
69 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to authorize the Idaho Transportation Department to issue driving privilege cards to certain individuals.
Grant Burgoyne · SD-016
Appropriates $1,956,200 to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 10.
33 – 2
Appropriates additional funding for the Public Schools Support Program/Division of Children's Programs; appropriates additional funding for the Public Schools Support Program/Division of Operations; reduces the appropriation to the Public School Support Program/Division of Central Services; and appropriates additional funding to the Office of the State Board of Education.
35 – 0
Amends existing law to remove references to a park model.
Amends existing law to provide that freedom from discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity is a civil right.
Cherie Buckner-Webb · SD-019
Amends existing law to replace references to professional-technical education with career technical education.
Nationally professional-technical education is referred to as career-technical education, the proposed amendments would update all references in Idaho code from professional-technical education to career-technical education. These changes would bring Idaho code into alignment with the common nomenclature used when referencing this type of education.
66 – 2
Appropriates an additional $379,000 to the Department of Lands for fiscal year 2016; and authorizes 3.33 additional full-time equivalent positions.
57 – 11
Appropriates and transfers $28,892,700 from the Catastrophic Health Care Cost Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year 2016.
65 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to provide that the state shall expand Medicaid eligibility to certain persons.
Dan Schmidt · SD-005
Amends and adds to existing law to provide Medicaid eligibility standards and for certain low-income individuals certain medical assistance.
Dan Schmidt · SD-005
Appropriates an additional $511,600 for State Hospital South for fiscal year 2016.
63 – 5
Amends existing law regarding the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship; and the investment of surplus moneys in the Opportunity Scholarship Program Account.
63 – 4