Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal years 2027 and 2026.

RS33774 / S1417 This appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes personnel to convert two part-time positions to full-time administrative support positions; 2.00 FTP and funding for positions at a new park near Salmon and related operating expenditures; trail maintenance staff and equipment; a new excavator for trail maintenance; a federal land and water community grant that will be passed through to city grant recipients; staff housing at Lake Cascade State Park; interpretive displays at Billingsley Creek Campground; construction of a roundabout at Farragut State Park; funding to improve and add additional RV campsites statewide; replacement items; and IT hardware replacement. This bill also includes an exemption for FY 2026 from program transfers to allow a technical adjustment to allow for the accurate accounting of grant funds that were awarded in FY 2025, but distributed in FY 2026 via Executive Carry Forward.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2027.

RS33757 / H0924 This appropriation provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget for the State Liquor Division. This increase provides for three enhancement requests. The first is a general inflation adjustment for utilities, computer services, and supplies at retail stores. The second is for replacement items including funding to replace obsolete security systems at 10 stores, security panels at 2 stores, and point of sale battery backups at 40 stores; funding to replace broken signage at 4 stores and aging shelving at 21 stores; service and safety repairs on flooring, lighting, walls, window wraps, and coolers at multiple stores; funding to replace fencing, parking lot repairs/resurfacing, warehouse rack supports, and motorized equipment used daily in its transport orders; and to replace one fleet vehicle with modifications to secure cargo. The third enhancement is for IT and security equipment recommended by the Office of Information Technology Services including 56 computers and laptops; 24 end-of-life access points; 10 end-of-life antennas; and 73 end-of-life switches.

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

RS33785 / S1427 This appropriation to the Department of Lands provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes enhancements to purchase fire radio equipment; a reduction of 1.25 FTP and personnel costs from the Department of Lands Fund - Abandoned Mines Account and the addition of 1.25 FTP and personnel costs to the Navigable Waterways Fund to align with statutorily allowed uses; construction of a vehicle storage structure; to purchase one UTV; the addition of 1.00 FTP and personnel costs to the Navigable Waterways Fund and reduction of 1.00 FTP and personnel costs from the Endowment Earning Administrative Fund to align funding for legal counsel with anticipated workload; onetime support for the Idaho Geological Survey; funding to partially restore the Base reduction found in Senate Bill 1363 for fire preparedness; replacement items including vehicles, seedling coolers, lawn tractors, and computerized equipment; and OITS hardware which includes computers, routers, servers, switches, wireless access points, and a firewall. This bill also includes two FY 2026 supplemental appropriations. The first supplemental includes one for a reduction of 1.25 FTP and personnel costs from the Department of Lands Fund - Abandoned Mines Account and the addition of 1.25 FTP and personnel costs to the Navigable Waterways Fund to align with statutorily allowed uses in the current year. This change is repeated in the FY 2027 enhancements to make the changes ongoing. The second supplemental includes a onetime budget restoration for fire preparedness in FY 2026.

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

RS33787 / S1429 This appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Divisions of Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include a budget-neutral fund adjustment for Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (enhancement #24), a budget reduction to move appropriation to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections for clinical staff (enhancement #7), the partial restoration of ongoing program funding that was made onetime in FY 2026 as well as appropriations for Idaho Behavioral Health Plan grant increases (enhancement #9), a partial, onetime restoration of ongoing budget rescissions for Mental Health Services (enhancement #30), a benefit cost fund shift for State Hospital South (enhancement #8), a fund adjustment for State Hospital North and South to account for the way that revenue is received through the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan (enhancement #23), replacement items (enhancement #58), a fund adjustment to shift General Fund burden to the State Hospital endowment funds (enhancement #59), and a Governor initiative to shift General Fund burden to the State-Directed Opioid Settlement for the Allumbaugh House. The bill includes transfer limitation exemption language and reporting language.

Relates to the appropriation to the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination for fiscal year 2027.

RS33771 / S1416 This appropriation provides for the consolidation of the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and the Office of Species Conservation (OSC) into the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination, pursuant to H737. Additionally, this bill provides enhancements to the new office that include an FTP/Fund Realignment to align FTP and dedicated funds to where work is expected to be billed; funding for Idaho Orchestrating Nuclear, which provides the agency flexibility to support state level nuclear related projects; federal funding for fish habitat restoration and rehabilitation; and funding from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund for Energy Resiliency Grants, which serves as a state match for federal energy resiliency programs.

Appropriates $200,000 to the Legislature for fiscal year 2026 for the Medicaid Review Panel.

RS33820 / H0950 This is a trailer appropriation to HCR 30 which authorized the Legislature to retain the services of a consultant or analyst to provide legislative oversight of state plan amendments and federal waivers to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in order to implement a plan for comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care. In March of 2025, the Idaho Legislature voted to submit state plan amendments and federal waivers to CMS to implement comprehensive Medicaid managed care in Idaho. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has begun working to transition to Medicaid managed care. This appropriation will help the Legislature maintain its oversight role.

Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2027.

RS33809 / S1435 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Health and Human Services. This bill includes appropriations to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the State Independent Living Council. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%. The appropriation also includes the fiscal impact of House Bill 863.