H0838 • 2026

STATE BUDGET – Amends existing law to provide for the executive budget document to include certain information pertaining to certain recommendations.

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Sponsor: APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-17
Official status: S St Aff
Effective date: Not listed

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STATE BUDGET – Amends existing law to provide for the executive budget document to include certain information pertaining to certain recommendations.

What This Bill Does

STATE BUDGET – Amends existing law to provide for the executive budget document to include certain information pertaining to certain recommendations.

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Bill History

2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Haws Floor Sponsor - Petzke Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
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 – Amends existing law to provide for the executive budget document to include certain information pertaining to certain recommendations.

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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.
838
BY
APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
STATE
BUDGET;
AMENDING
SECTION
67
-
3507,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PRO
-
2
VIDE
FOR
THE
EXECUTIVE
BUDGET
DOCUMENT
TO
INCLUDE
CERTAIN
INFORMATION
3
PERTAINING
TO
CERTAIN
RECOMMENDATIONS
AND
TO
MAKE
A
TECHNICAL
CORREC
-
4
TION;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
67
-
3507,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
67
-
3507.
EXECUTIVE
BUDGET.
(1)
The
executive
budget
document
shall
9
consist
of
the
following
four
(4)
parts:
10
(1)
(a)
Part
I
of
the
executive
budget
document
shall
consist
of
a
bud
-
1
1
get
message
by
the
governor
that
shall
outline
the
financial
plan
of
the
12
executive
department
of
the
state
government
for
the
next
fiscal
year,
13
describing
the
important
features
of
the
financial
plan.
14
(2)
(b)
Part
II
of
the
budget
document
shall
present
in
detail
for
the
15
next
fiscal
year,
as
minimum
information
to
be
included
in
Part
part
II,
16
items
showing
estimates
of
agency
needs
based
on
the
governor's
recom
-
17
mendations
to
meet
the
expenditure
needs
of
the
state
from
all
available
18
funds
classified
by
agencies
and
showing
the
cost
of
each
major
program.
19
Part
II
shall
also
set
forth
the
governor's
recommendations
for
the
cap
-
20
ital
program.
All
moneys,
including
federal
and
local
moneys
and
inter
-
21
agency
receipts
received
for
any
purpose,
shall
be
accounted
for
in
the
22
budget.
23
(3)
(c)
Part
III
of
the
budget
document
shall
consist
of
the
annual
per
-
24
formance
plans
required
in
section
67
-
1904,
Idaho
Code.
25
(4)
(d)
Part
IV
of
the
budget
document
shall
consist
of
the
federal
26
funding
reports
required
under
section
67
-
1917,
Idaho
Code,
and
the
27
disclosures
required
under
section
67
-
3502(1)(e),
Idaho
Code.
28
(2)
If
the
executive
budget
document
contains
a
recommendation
that
29
would
require
the
legislature
to
pass
legislation
in
order
for
such
recom
-
30
mendation
to
be
implemented,
the
budget
document
shall
include:
31
(a)
A
draft
of
any
legislation
necessary
to
implement
such
recommenda
-
32
tion;
and
33
(b)
The
names
of
at
least
one
(1)
member
of
the
house
of
representatives
34
and
at
least
one
(1)
member
of
the
senate
who
are
willing
to
sponsor
such
35
legislation.
36
(3)
If
the
executive
budget
document
contains
a
recommendation
that
37
would
require
the
legislature
to
pass
conditions,
limitations,
and
re
-
38
strictions
language
in
order
for
such
recommendation
to
be
implemented,
the
39
budget
document
shall
include
draft
conditions,
limitations,
and
restric
-
40
tions
language
necessary
to
implement
any
such
recommendation.
41

2
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
1
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
2
July
1,
2026.
3