H0837 • 2026

STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

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Sponsor: APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: H Approp
Effective date: Not listed

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STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

What This Bill Does

STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

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Bill History

2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Appropriations
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

STATE BUDGET – Adds to existing law to provide for the Legislative Services Office to provide the joint-finance appropriations committee with a calculated reduction from the governor’s budget document.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
837
BY
APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
STATE
BUDGET;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
35,
TITLE
67,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
2
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
67
-
3512B,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
A
CAL
-
3
CULATED
REDUCTION
FROM
THE
GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET
DOCUMENT;
AND
DECLARING
AN
4
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
35,
Title
67,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
7
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
8
ignated
as
Section
67
-
3512B,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
9
67
-
3512B.
CALCULATED
REDUCTION
FROM
THE
GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET
DOCU
-
10
MENT.
The
legislative
services
office
shall
provide
the
joint
finance
-
ap
-
1
1
propriations
committee
with
a
calculated
reduction
from
the
governor's
12
budget
document
provided
for
in
section
67
-
3506,
Idaho
Code.
The
calculated
13
reduction
shall
include
each
of
the
changes
for
employee
benefit
costs,
14
health
insurance
costs,
and
employee
compensation
for
all
entities
that
re
-
15
ceive
an
appropriation
by
the
legislature
pursuant
to
67
-
3514,
Idaho
Code,
16
and
that
are
authorized
to
have
fifty
(50)
or
more
full
-
time
equivalent
po
-
17
sitions.
A
reduction
shall
be
calculated
using
a
five
(5)
year
average
of
18
actual
personnel
cost
expenditures
divided
by
total
personnel
costs
origi
-
19
nally
appropriated.
If
the
entity
has
been
in
existence
for
less
than
five
20
(5)
years,
the
reduction
shall
be
an
average
of
all
years
in
existence.
The
21
joint
committee
shall
include
the
calculated
reductions
as
part
of
each
en
-
22
tity's
appropriation
bill.
The
calculated
reduction
shall
be
applied
to
all
23
fund
types.
24
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
25
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
26
July
1,
2026.
27