Idaho Bills
2 bills · 2026 Regular Session
Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2027.
RS33747 / S1403 This appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality enhancements to the FY 2027 maintenance budget that includes remediation of Triumph Mine site; funding to transfer Water Pollution Control Fund and to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund for the superfund cleanup project; a reduction of federal grant funds and increase in dedicated funds to support personnel within the IPDES Program and the program's permitting system; and 4.00 FTP and funding from the Solid Waste Regulatory Fund to centralize solid waste oversight pursuant to House Bill 555 of 2026. This bill also includes three cash transfers from funds in addition to the enhancements above. The first transfers the balance of the DEQ Air Permitting Fees Account to the Idaho Air Quality Permitting Fund to consolidate the two funds, as the former is no longer utilized by the agency. The second transfers the balance of the DEQ Drinking Water Fees Account to the Public Water System Supervision Fund to consolidate the two funds, as the former is no longer utilized by the agency. Finally, there is a transfer to move $400,000 from the Hazardous Waste Emergency Fund to the Solid Waste Regulatory Fund to be used for solid waste oversight activities until fees for such activities will allow for self-support.
Jim Woodward · SD-001
Amends and repeals existing law to remove reference to outdated or unnecessary provisions.
To ensure that state laws are streamlined, up-to-date, and essential for the citizens of Idaho, while best serving public health, safety, and welfare, the Legislature approved the Idaho Code Cleanup Act, H14 in the 2025 Legislative session. Submitted sections of Idaho Code were reviewed for repeal consideration by the DOGE Task Force on the criteria of obsolete, outdated, and unnecessary. This bill repeals or updates 19 sections of Idaho Code in Title 39 related to the Department of Environmental Quality. Repeals include references to outdated definitions and plans, including the Big Payette Lake Water Quality Council Act in which the established council completed its statutorily required plan in 1998; the plan has full force and effect of law. A local nonprofit continues the water quality efforts at Big Payette Lake, but is not statutorily established by the Act.
Heather Scott · HD-002A
34 – 0