S14062026 Regular Session

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

APPROPRIATIONS -- OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER -- Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the State Public Defender for fiscal year 2027.

APPROPRIATIONS OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

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RS33732 / S1406 This appropriation to the Office of the State Public Defender provides enhancements to the FY 2027 budget that includes 6.00 FTP from the Public Defense Fund to hire additional trial attorneys to be assigned in Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Jerome, Kootenai, and Twin Falls counties. Also included are onetime funds to provide for the migration of county data for 11 state offices; ongoing funds to provide secure hosted storage; and onetime funds for capital outlay to replace two laptops. Finally, this appropriation restores health benefit costs to the agency. Table 1 shows the adjustments to the budget found in the bill.

FISCAL NOTE

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This appropriation provides an additional $505,100 to the maintenance appropriation provided to the Office of the State Public Defender in Senate Bill 1373. Table 2 shows all the adjustments leading to the FY 2027 Total. The total budget for the Office of the State Public Defender is $82,204,900. Table 1. FTP Gen Ded Fed Total 1. Additional Trial Attorneys 6.00 0 0 0 0 2. Data Migration and Storage 0.00 0 250,500 0 250,500 3. Budget Restoration, Health Benefit Costs 0.00 48,800 202,100 0 250,900 OITS Hardware 0.00 0 3,700 0 3,700 FY 2027 Budget Enhancements 6.00 48,800 456,300 0 505,100 % Chg from FY 2027 Budget Maintenance 1.8% 0.1% 1.2% 0.6%

BILL TEXT

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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1406 BY FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER;2 APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DE-3 FENDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EQUIVA-4 LENT POSITIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE5 DATE.6

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:7

SECTION 1. In addition to any other appropriation provided by law,8 there is hereby appropriated to the Office of the State Public Defender the9 following amounts to be expended according to the designated expense classes10 from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027:11 FOR12 FOR FOR PERSONNEL13 OPERATING CAPITAL COSTS14 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY TOTAL FROM:15 General16 Fund17 $48,800 $48,800 Public Defense18 Fund19 202,100 $250,500 $3,700 456,300 TOTAL20 $250,900 $250,500 $3,700 $505,100

SECTION 2. FTP AUTHORIZATION. In addition to any other authorization21 provided by law, the full-time equivalent position authorization provided22 to the Office of the State Public Defender is hereby increased by six (6.00)23 for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.24

SECTION 3. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby25 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after26 July 1, 2026.27