Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Finance for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Finance provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes 4.00 FTP and additional personnel costs for a financial institutions IT examiner, a financial institutions examiner, a financial examiner investigator 3, and a financial examiner with a forensic accounting specialty; and IT replacement items. Forenhancement3, theagencyalsorequestedtwoadditionalfinancialinvestigator3positionsfortheconsumer financebureauforatotaloftwo(2.00)FTPand$246,000. Thesepositionswerenotfundedandarenotincluded in this enhancement bill.

Relates to funding of the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources for fiscal year 2026.

This is the enhancement appropriation bill for the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources. As detailed in Table 1 of the

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes spending authority for federal grants, support for adult education and literacy, and capacity building at the state's six technical colleges. This bill also provides direction regarding the expenditure of appropriated funds, and requires a report from the Division regarding expenditures over the past five fiscal years on the outcomes of adult education and literacy investments. This appropriation does not include expansion of at-capacity programs or the Business/Industry Engagement Manager enhancements which were requested by the agency and recommended by the Governor on lines 1 and 3.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of the Idaho Digital Learning Academy for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Public School Support Program's Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) provides enhancements to the FY 2026 program maintenance budget with the addition of funding related to estimated course enrollments for FY 2026. Course enrollments are estimated to increase from 52,000 in FY 2025 to 58,000 in FY 2026.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Labor provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget. This bill includes a cash transfer of $4,868,600 from the Employment Security Administration and Reimbursement Fund to the Employment Security Fund to correct an accounting error, a $5,000,000 shift from federal funds to dedicated funds and a reduction of 15.58 FTP for unemployment insurance (UI) operations, and $161,000 for IT hardware. This bill also includes four sections approving accounting entries to correct fiscal year 2024 ending fund balances, and three sections requiring reports. The first report is on department's current authorized positions, filled positions, active positions, length of vacancy for unfilled positions, and salary savings for fiscal year 2025. The second report is a cost benefit analysis on using E-Verify and directing the department to conduct a study on the impact of illegal immigration. The third report directs the department to conduct a study on the costs of administering disability determinations services at the state and federal level. This bill does not include the $7,330,000 requested by the department for unemployment insurance operations.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (collectively known as Behavioral Health) provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that include appropriations for Idaho Behavioral Health Plan grant increases (line 14), population forecast adjustments, fund shifts at State Hospital West (Governor's Initiative), and fund adjustments for Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (line 23). The FY 2025 mid-year adjustments as shown in Table 2 of the

Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys in the state treasury for fiscal years 2025 and 2026; provides an additional appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal year 2025; and provides pay increases to the Military Division in accordance with the federal general schedule pay scale.

This bill addresses several end-of-session items. 1. It provides a FY 2025 supplemental appropriation to the Military Division to support the commissioning of the USS Idaho SSN 799, a Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine; 2. it directs no transfer shall be made from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Fund through FY 2026; 3. it provides three cash transfers to consolidate moneys from accounts either no longer or rarely in use; 4. it moves cash to support the public schools appropriation subject to House Bill 479; and 5. it directs the Military Division to implement FY 2026 change in employee compensation to maintain parity with the federal pay scale.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program for fiscal year 2026.

This is the FY 2026 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, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes additional park personnel, increase to seasonal employee pay, increase park operations, pay increases for targeted positions, a compact wheel loader, a responsible OHV media campaign, improvements at Bear Lake State Park, improvements at Lake Cascade State Park, program consolidation, replacement items, and OITS hardware replacement.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Student Support for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

This appropriation to the Public School Support Program's Student Support Division provides enhancements to the FY 2026 program maintenance budget with the addition of federal grant funding for eligible school programs, two fund adjustments that reduce money from the General Fund and increase the appropriation for dedicated funds, and for population forecast adjustments to account for 200 fewer support units and for pupil transportation program costs for fiscal year 2026. Thisbillalsoincludesaonetimesupplementalappropriationtoprovideschoolstheirfundingforeligiblefederal school programs including special education and Title I-A for low income children. Payments to schools were held at the end of FY 2024 and paid for using the FY 2025 appropriation because the FY 2024 appropriation was capped at an amount below allowable costs. This supplemental corrects this imbalance for the current year, and there is a FY 2026 addition to adjust the appropriation moving forward. This bill does not include funding for a weighted student funding formula, additional discretionary funds, funding to support a revised student transportation formula, or for a special needs fund.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to General Government for fiscal year 2026.

This is the FY 2026 Maintenance Appropriation for General Government. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Administration, Office of the Governor, and the Department Revenue and Taxation. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and change in employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Controller for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the State Controller brings remaining activities for Luma on budget, providing additional accountability and transparency in operations. These are costs that were formerly borne by the continuously appropriated Business Information Infrastructure Fund that will be paid from the General Fund going forward. The recommended FY 2026 original appropriation of $40.47 million is 40% less than the office's FY 2024 total expenditures of $67,040,800, which included both appropriated and continuously appropriated funds. This appropriation provides enhancements to the State Controller's FY 2026 maintenance budget that include 7.00 FTP and funding for Luma personnel, Luma operating costs, Computer Service Center charges for Luma, 2.00 FTP and funding for financial specialists, 1.00 FTP and funding for a communications manager, and a level of effort program transfer.

Relates to the appropriation to the STEM Action Center for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the STEM Action provides an enhancement to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes funding for replacement items.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society State Treasurer for fiscal year 2025.

This is a FY 2025 trailer appropriation bill for House Bill 357, which creates a new America250 Commemoration Fund and provides for the America250 Advisory Committee to direct and approve all expenditures from the fund. This bill reduces funding from the Idaho State Historical Society, provides additional funding for the State Treasurer, directs a cash transfer from the General Fund to the America250 Commemoration Fund, and provides reappropriation authority for the same fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2026.

This is the enhancement appropriation to the State Liquor Division. As detailed in Table 1 of the Fiscal Note, it results in a increase of $644,300 to the Liquor Control Fund appropriation. This increase provides for several enhancement requests, including a pay increase of $0.45 per hour for part-time store clerks, shrink wrap as a part of a new freight contract, and funding to update ISLD's website to meet ADA compliance standards. Also included is motorized equipment replacements, two vehicle replacements with mileages over 160,000 and replacement hardware recommended by the Office of Information Technology Services. This appropriation does not provide for $1,077,400 additionally requested by the Division. Enhancements not provided include an electronic document system, and network modernization project. This enhancement appropriation also reduces the agency's request to update its website to meet ADA guidelines by $25,000 and does not include $775,400 requested by the agency for replacement items.

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

This is a FY 2026 trailer appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare. It addresses the fiscal impact of H245, which allows for extended care for youth aging out of the foster care system, not to exceed age 23, under limited circumstances.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Economic Development for fiscal year 2026.

This is the FY 2026 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 change and employee compensation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species Conservation for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Office of the Species Conservation provides an enhancement to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes $30,000 from dedicated funds to receive grant funds from non-federal sources.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to the Department of Juvenile Corrections provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget that includes funding for radio system upgrade and replacement, substance use disorder residential treatment program, replacement items, and IT replacement items. This appropriation also removes 7.00 FTP and includes a net-zero transfer of appropriation from personnel costs into operating expenditures for the IT modernization initiative.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education for community colleges for fiscal year 2026.

This appropriation to Community Colleges provides enhancements to the FY 2026 maintenance budget. Thisappropriationprovidesanadditional$1,679,800tothemaintenanceappropriationprovidedtoCommunity Colleges found in House Bill 341 that includes additional funding for the enrollment workload adjustment and requires the Office of the State Board of Education to develop an outcomes based funding model for the Community Colleges. Table 1 shows incremental adjustments to the budget found in the bill, of which the ongoing increase is $1,679,800. Table 2 shows the adjustments leading to the FY 2026 Total. The total budget for the Community Colleges is $69,219,700 and provides support to the College of Eastern Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, College of Western Idaho, and North Idaho College.