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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.
949
BY
APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL
AND
THE
2
STEM
ACTION
CENTER;
APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL
MONEYS
TO
THE
WORKFORCE
3
DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
REDUCING
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
4
THE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
AUTHORIZING
AD
-
5
DITIONAL
FULL
-
TIME
EQUIVALENT
POSITIONS;
REDUCING
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
6
THE
STEM
ACTION
CENTER
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2027;
REDUCING
FULL
-
TIME
EQUIV
-
7
ALENT
POSITIONS;
REDUCING
THE
APPROPRIATION
TO
THE
STEM
ACTION
CENTER
8
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2026;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
EFFEC
-
9
TIVE
DATES.
10
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
1
1
SECTION
1.
In
addition
to
any
other
appropriation
provided
by
law,
12
there
is
hereby
appropriated
to
the
Workforce
Development
Council
the
fol
-
13
lowing
amounts
to
be
expended
according
to
the
designated
expense
classes
14
from
the
listed
funds
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
15
FOR
16
FOR
17
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
18
OPERATING
BENEFIT
COSTS
19
EXPENDITURES
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
FROM:
20
General
21
Fund
22
$696,800
$1,094,100
$1,293,300
$3,084,200
In
-
Demand
Careers
23
Fund
24
0
0
1,150,000
1,150,000
TOTAL
25
$696,800
$1,094,100
$2,443,300
$4,234,200
SECTION
2.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
26
there
is
hereby
reduced
from
the
Workforce
Development
Council
the
following
27
amounts
from
the
designated
expense
classes
from
the
In
-
Demand
Careers
Fund
28
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
29
FOR:
30
Personnel
Costs
31
$400,000
Operating
Expenditures
32
750,000
TOTAL
33
$1,150,000
SECTION
3.
In
addition
to
any
other
authorization
provided
by
law,
the
34
full
-
time
equivalent
position
authorization
provided
to
the
Workforce
De
-
35
2
velopment
Council
is
hereby
increased
by
six
(6.00)
for
the
period
July
1,
1
2026,
through
June
30,
2027.
2
SECTION
4.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
3
there
is
hereby
reduced
from
the
STEM
Action
Center
the
following
amounts
4
from
the
designated
expense
classes
from
the
listed
funds
for
the
period
July
5
1,
2026,
through
June
30,
2027:
6
FOR
7
FOR
8
FOR
FOR
TRUSTEE
AND
PERSONNEL
9
OPERATING
CAPITAL
BENEFIT
COSTS
10
EXPENDITURES
OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
TOTAL
FROM:
1
1
General
12
Fund
13
$774,400
$1,195,700
$90,500
$1,000,000
$3,060,600
STEM
Education
14
Fund
15
0
100,000
0
2,829,900
2,929,900
TOTAL
16
$774,400
$1,295,700
$90,500
$3,829,900
$5,990,500
SECTION
5.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
17
the
full
-
time
equivalent
position
authorization
provided
to
the
STEM
Action
18
Center
is
hereby
reduced
by
seven
(7.00)
for
the
period
July
1,
2026,
through
19
June
30,
2027.
20
SECTION
6.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
21
the
appropriation
made
to
the
STEM
Action
Center
in
Section
1,
Chapter
239,
22
Laws
of
2025,
is
hereby
reduced
by
the
following
amounts
from
the
designated
23
expense
classes
from
the
General
Fund
for
the
period
July
1,
2025,
through
24
June
30,
2026:
25
FOR:
26
Operating
Expenditures
27
$33,100
Trustee
and
Benefit
Payments
28
43,300
TOTAL
29
$76,400
SECTION
7.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
30
declared
to
exist,
Section
6
of
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
31
upon
passage
and
approval,
and
Sections
1
through
5
of
this
act
shall
be
in
32
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
July
1,
2026.
33