Idaho Bills

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.