Idaho Bills

Amends and adds to existing law to provide requirements for initiatives and to provide for disclosure of payments made to signature gatherers.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding criminal history and background checks, to provide standards for infant sleep areas, to provide that persons guilty of certain offenses are ineligible for licensure, and to revise provisions regarding appeals of a suspension, revocation, or denial of a license.

Adds to existing law to provide for an income tax credit for employers who contribute to an employee's college savings program account.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the taxation of nonqualified withdrawals from college savings accounts.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding a property tax credit for certain disabled veterans.

Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the assessment and taxation of forest land.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Veterans Services for fiscal year 2021.

Amends existing law to remove the deadline for applying for a homestead exemption.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Information Technology Services for fiscal year 2021.

Amends existing law to revise the definition of “personal delivery device.”

Reduces appropriations for fiscal year 2020.

This is an FY 2020 omnibus supplemental appropriation bill that applies to various state agencies and institutions and reduces their FY 2020 appropriations on a onetime basis. Section 1 reduces various appropriations to reflect the fiscal impact of eliminating the employer's share of the sick leave contribution rate for 11 pay periods during FY 2020. The total impact is a onetime reduction of $3,375,100, of which $1,661,500 is from the General Fund, $1,200,100 is from dedicated funds, and $513,500 is from the Federal Grant Fund. Section 2 reduces the General Fund appropriations of those agencies and institutions recommended by the Governor by 1% during FY 2020. The total impact is a onetime reduction of $19,109,100 from the General Fund. Section 3 directs the State Controller to transfer amounts reduced from the Public Health Trust (General) Fund in Sections 1 and 2 from that fund to the General Fund.

Amends existing law to provide for the valuation of agricultural land.

This legislation establishes the commonly used method for calculation of agricultural land assessed values. It also places emphasis on using local available data when available rather than relying on generalized aggregated data.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Division of Public Works for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Bond Payments Program for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2020.

This is an FY 2020 supplemental appropriation bill for the Division of Career Technical Education. It provides for the reduction of $264,800 of ongoing appropriation for secondary added cost funding for high school CTE programming, and an increase of $264,800 of onetime appropriation for teacher education.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2021.

Amends existing law to clarify the application of court-ordered tax benefits associated with a taxpayer's child.

Amends and adds to existing law to authorize sample tastings of liquor in state liquor stores.

Amends existing law to establish a digital content and curriculum fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Department of Administration. It appropriates a total of $24,934,600 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 124.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $73,200 for computers, a postal x-ray machine, a van, and a insert dump truck with leaf topper. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. The bill funds seven line items, all funded from dedicated funds, which provide: $350,000 onetime for a self-insured study within the insurance management program; 1.00 FTP and $125,000 for a shipping and receivinghandlerfortheChindenCampus; 1.00FTPand$101,300foralosscontrolprogrammangertoreduce the state's risk exposure as well as costs and expenses that the state pays on both real property and vehicles; $80,000 for a document management system for central printing which will allow for 24-hour printing as well as job tracking by the customer; 1.00 FTP and $43,900 for a shipping and receiving handler at central postal at the Capitol Mall; $314,400 to renovate room 100 of the LBJ building, which is space vacated by ITS as they move to the Chinden Campus and will house the Office of Group Insurance, Idaho Second Injury Fund, and the Purchasing Division once remodeled; and $25,000 for additional projectmates licenses for the Division of Public Works to allow contractors and staff access to the construction management program. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services: $1,600 for security software and data center office space located at the Chinden Campus; $18,900 for software lic