Idaho Bills

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to General Government for fiscal year 2027.

RS33529 / H0867 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for General Government. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Administration, Capitol Commission, Board of Tax Appeals, State Tax Commission, Commission on the Arts, Commission on Aging, Division of Financial Management, Division of Human Resources, Office of Drug Policy, STEM Action Center, Wolf Depredation Control Board, Military Division, PERSI, Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Office of Information Technology Services, Office of Energy and Mineral Resources, State Liquor Division, Workforce Development Council, and Office of Species Conservation. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of approximately 5% for most agencies.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Natural Resources for fiscal year 2027.

This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Natural Resources. This bill includes appropriations to the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Land Commissioners, the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Water Resources. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the Legislative Branch for fiscal year 2027.

RS33519 / H0848 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for the Legislative Branch. This bill includes appropriations to Legislative Services Office and the Office of Performance Evaluations. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%.

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

RS33846 / H0965 This appropriation bill trails H898 of 2026, which added the State Historic Preservation Office to the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination. This bill removes the appropriation for the State Historic Preservation Office from the Idaho State Historical Society and adds the same amount to the budget of the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Student Support for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33830 / S1444 This appropriation to the Public School Support Program’s Student Support Division first provides a supplemental to the FY 2026 Original Appropriation and an enhancement to the FY 2027 program maintenance budget, both of which reflect the same addition of federal grant funding. The supplemental represents onetime authority in FY 2026, while the enhancement provides ongoing authority beginning in FY 2027, in order to allow schools to fully access their eligible federal funds. Approximately 91% of federal fund appropriations used by schools are for meal and nutrition grants, Title I-A grants, and special education grants. This appropriation also provides a reduction in discretionary funding for virtual only schools, a fund adjustment to reflect an increase to the Public School Endowment Fund distribution, and a population forecast adjustment to account for the decreased average placement of administrators on the state's experience and education index, as well as decreased usage of border contracts, exceptional child payments, and tuition equivalent payments. Population forecast increases are not adjusted for in this appropriation and if incurred, would be paid for from the Public Education Stabilization Fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33748 / S1405 This appropriation provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budgets for the Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Enhancements to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission include onetime funding from dedicated funds to supplemental supplement existing payments for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and onetime funding for unspent grant funding for the CREP and Water Quality Program for Agriculture (WQPA). This legislation also includes a FY 2026 supplemental appropriation to provide onetime funding from dedicated funds for existing payments for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). This supplemental supports anticipated costs for the current year. Finally, this bill moves the Soil and Water Conservation Commission from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Water Resources pursuant to House Bill 503 of 2026. Pursuant to Section 22-2718, Idaho Code, the Soil and Water Conservation Commission was established and created in the Department of Agriculture and was historically budgeted separately from the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 503 amended the code to move the commission under the Department of Water Resources. This move is accomplished by removing the entirety of the maintenance appropriation for the commission from the Department of Agriculture in section one of this bill and adding the appropriation to the Department of Water Resources in section two of this bill. The budget structure of the commission under the Department of Water Resources mirrors how it was previously structured under the Department of Agriculture, as it remains a distinctly budgeted division. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and

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 and the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

RS33845 / S1446 This bill restores Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and peer support services for the remainder of FY 2026 and for FY 2027 through the following three funding sources: personnel and other internal savings in the Department of Health and Welfare FY 2026 appropriation, the Millennium Income Fund, and the State-Directed Opioid Settlement Fund. In addition, this bill restores peer support services for mental health courts for FY 2027. ACT and peer support services are restored in FY 2026 through an exemption from program transfer limitations for behavioral health programs, which allows transfers into the Basic Medicaid Plan Program and the Adult Mental Health Program from other programs within the department for all moneys appropriated to it for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This action authorizes the Department of Health and Welfare to utilize onetime salary savings and other internal savings to restart and support these services for the remainder of FY 2026. This bill appropriates $4,619,000 onetime from the Millennium Income Fund, $5,558,000 onetime from the State-Directed Opioid Settlement Fund, and $20,525,000 from federal match funds to support ACT and peer support services in FY 2027. The total funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Welfare for this purpose is $30,702,000. Also included in this bill is a $250,000 onetime appropriation from the State-Directed Opioid Settlement Fund to the Judicial Branch in the Court Operations Division to provide peer support services for mental health courts for FY 2027. Section 4 of the bill directs the use of the State-Directed Opioid Settlement Fund to include Assertive Community Treatment and peer support services for FY 2027.

Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program's Division of Student Support for fiscal year 2027.

RS33843 / S1447 This bill provides a trailer appropriation and two onetime cash transfers to the Public School Support Program's Division of Student Support as a result of S1288. S1288 established the Idaho High Needs Student Fund to help address the extraordinary costs associated with students with disabilities who require a level of care that exceeds typical special education expenditures. The fund is subject to appropriation and supports reimbursement for high-cost special education services that are not fully covered through existing federal funding streams.

Relates to the appropriation for the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for fiscal year 2027.

RS33548 / H0869 This appropriation to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes additional appropriation for client services and partial rescission restoration by shifting appropriation to dedicated funds.

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

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.

Relates to reducing the appropriation for fiscal year 2026.

This is the 2026 Idaho Rescissions Act that applies to various state agencies and institutions and reduces their FY 2026 appropriations. Section 1 reduces state appropriations for unallocated CEC funding as required by Senate Bill 1110 of 2025, and reducing the General Fund appropriations by approximately 4% for most agencies. The budgets for Public School Support, the Division of Medicaid within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correction, and the Idaho State Police were reduced by 3%. Section 2 reduces a total of 110.05 positions. Section 3 transfers $22,366,500 from the Public School Income Fund to the General Fund.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33708 / H0907 This appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education provides an enhancement to the FY 2027 maintenance budget for the Secondary and General Programs to partially restore the 2% rescission. It also provides a supplemental appropriation of $957,600 in FY 2026 for the Secondary and General Programs from the Career Ready Students Fund to restore the 1% rescission.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on Aging for fiscal year 2027.

RS33770 / H0933 This is the enhancement appropriation to the Commission on Aging. This increase provides a partial restoration of the ongoing Base reduction, restoring $129,900 onetime for FY 2027 for senior nutrition.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to the Judicial Branch for fiscal year 2027.

RS33515 / H0847 This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for the Judicial Branch. This bill includes appropriations to Court Operations, Guardian ad Litem, and the Judicial Council. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2027.

RS33700 / H0920 This appropriation to the Health Education Programs organized under the State Board of Education provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget, including $240,000 for four additional psychiatry residents at the Eastern Idaho Medical Residencies; $60,000 for a family medicine resident in Burley; $60,000 for a family medicine/obstetrics fellowship at Family Medicine Residencies in Pocatello; $360,000 for six family medicine residents in Nampa; $180,000 for three new child psychiatry residents at the University of Utah Medical Education Program; and an FTP adjustment for the Washington-Idaho-Montana-Utah Veterinary Education Program (WIMU).

Relates to the appropriation to the Endowment Fund Investment Board for fiscal year 2027.

RS33669 / S1380 This appropriation to the Endowment Fund Investment Board provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes funding to replace a high performance laptop.

Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Public Safety for fiscal year 2027.

This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Public Safety. This bill includes appropriations to the Department Correction, Department of Juvenile Corrections, and the Idaho State Police. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%. The base reduction for the Department of Juvenile Corrections is 5% from the General Fund, includes an ongoing base reduction recommended by the Governor, and an additional 2% base reduction as passed by JFAC. The base reduction for the Department of Correction and for the Idaho State Police were as recommended by the Governor. The Idaho State Police and the Department of Correction were not subject to an additional base reduction beyond that recommended by the Governor.

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 Division of Veterans Services for fiscal year 2027.

RS33549 / S1383 This appropriation to the Division of Veterans Services provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include new equipment for veterans homes, an adjustment for IT licensing fees, replacement items, and IT hardware.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses for fiscal year 2027.

RS33733 / S1407 This appropriation to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses provides enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that include funding to replace vehicles and IT hardware. Enhancement 1 provides for the replacement of nine vehicles for inspectors in the Bureau of Building Construction and Real Estate, and enhancement 2 provides network equipment and laptops across bureaus as recommended by the Office of Information Technology Services.

Relates to the appropriation to the State Tax Commission for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

RS33642 / H0871 This appropriation to the State Tax Commission provides enhancements to the FY 2027 budget that includes appropriation for property tax education, system automation for Gentax, personnel costs from dedicated funds for the chief operating officer, FAST tax collection services, seasonal tax employees, replacement items, and IT hardware. Additionally, this bill provides supplemental funding for the FY 2026 budget for federal tax conformity implementation.