Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2024.

Amends existing law to increase the salaries of commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission, and Industrial Commission and provides appropriations for those salary increases.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare and the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2023.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Administrators for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Operations for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Children's Programs for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Facilities for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Central Services for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to appropriations and transfers for fiscal year 2023 and year-end appropriations and transfers for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council for fiscal year 2024.

This is a FY 2024 trailer appropriation bill for H24 for the Workforce Development Council. It provides an additional appropriation of $5,000,000 to expand Idaho Launch.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Human Resources for fiscal year 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Division of Human Resources. It appropriates a total of $17,293,600 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 160.00. The bill funds three line items, which provides 1.00 FTP for a new financial specialist position, funding for salary equity adjustments, and 137.00 FTP and $13,539,700 for DHR consolidation.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Division of Public Health Services for fiscal year 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on Aging for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Commission on Aging. It appropriates a total of $21,202,100 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 14.00. The bill funds three line items, which provide for enhancement of services offered by the Commission; increased funding for adult protective services; and increased funding for federal grant awards. Also included in this bill are two FY 2023 supplemental appropriations. The first supplemental provides an additional $345,100 for adult protective services. The second supplemental provides $750,000 for increased distributions from federal grant awards.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society for fiscal year 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Idaho State Historical Society. It appropriates a total of $10,006,400 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 58.00. The bill funds three line items, which provide $1,000,000 for fundraising initiatives, $173,500 for targeted salary adjustments, and 1.00 FTP and $96,400 for a compliance specialist position.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal year 2023.

This is an fiscal year 2023 supplemental appropriation for the Department of Parks and Recreation which provides $900,000 to complete construction of a maintenance building and related improvements next to the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes. The appropriation includes moneys for the installation of utilities, access road, parking area, fenced storage yard, construction of a new maintenance building, and facilities for staff housing.

Relates to the appropriation to the Legislative Branch for fiscal year 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation to the Legislative Branch in the amount of $11,501,300. Line items include funding for House and Senate Technology, funding for the audit staff retention plan, additional session staff compensation, two additional auditors, and software licenses.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

This is the fiscal year 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Environmental Quality. It appropriates a total of $165,914,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 379.00. The bill funds twelve line items, which provides: $191,900 for pay increases for engineers; $98,200 for a wastewater reuse analyst; $148,600 for a water quality program enhancement; $98,400 for an air quality compliance officer; $98,200 for a permit writer within the IPDES program; $98,200 for a data analyst within the IPDES program; $385,000 for additional operating costs within the IPDES program; $12,600,000 for federal funding for infrastructure grants; $400,000 for INL oversight; $1,500,000 for the superfund cleanup project and transfers said funds from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund as part of federal match requirements; $4,895,400 for federal project implementation; $555,000 for the central treatment plant in Kellogg. The budget also includes a reduction of 2.00 FTP and increase of $52,000 for the OITS consolidation. The bill also includes language requiring reporting, cash transfers, reappropriation, and directing the use of previously appropriated funds from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund. This bill also includes three fiscal year 2023 supplemental actions, including funding for the a new electronic data management system, maintenance costs at the central treatment plant in Kellogg, and to purchases air quality equipment with ARPA funds allocated to the department. These supplemental actions utilize onetime funding that is removed before calculating the fiscal year 2024 Base.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2023.

ThisisaFY2023supplementalappropriationbillfortheStateAppellatePublicDefender. Itprovidesadditional funding to pay for conflict capital attorneys, a mitigation expert, an investigator, and other related expenses. These costs are associated with the capital cases it received as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Shinn v. Ramirez, 142 S.Ct. 1718 (2022); anticipated costs associated with the capital murder trials of Lori Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell set for April 3, 2023; and an evidentiary hearing in Jonathan Renfro v. State of Idaho, CV17-9393 (Kootenai County).

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Administration. It appropriates a total of $29,111,400 and caps the number of full-time equivalent positions at 126.00. This bill includes four line items. Line item 1 provides pay increases to Document Services staff; line items 2 and 3 provide security and janitorial services for newly occupied areas of the Chinden campus; and line item 62 provides funds from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund to offset the state health plan's COVID-19 expenditures.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers for fiscal year 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Teachers. This division provides state and federal funding support for grades K-12 for instructional and pupil service staff salaries and benefits, and other programs specific to certificated instructors in Idaho's school districts and public charter schools. This bill provides statutory-based funding adjustments for the Career Ladder, Master Educator Premiums, and math and science requirements. This bill also includes funding for professional development services including for dyslexia. Finally, this bill provides the funding and authority to allocate and distribute an additional $6,359 for each allocated teacher and pupil service staff. The intent of these funds is for ongoing compensation and not for onetime bonuses. However, each school district and charter school is responsible for setting their own salary schedules; Idaho Code only provides for minimum compensation amounts.