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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1400
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
SALARIES
OF
STATE
ELECTIVE
OFFICERS;
AMENDING
SECTION
59
-
501,
2
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
THE
SALARIES
OF
STATE
ELECTIVE
OFFICERS;
AND
3
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
59
-
501,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
59
-
501.
SALARIES
OF
STATE
ELECTIVE
OFFICERS
-
-
REGULAR
PAYMENT
-
-
8
TRAVELING
EXPENSES
-
-
FEES
PROPERTY
OF
STATE.
(1)
The
elected
officers
named
9
in
this
subsection
shall
receive
the
following
compensation
for
their
ser
-
10
vices:
1
1
(a)
Commencing
on
the
first
Monday
in
January
2023,
until
the
first
Mon
-
12
day
in
January
2027,
the
governor
shall
receive
compensation
of
one
hun
-
13
dred
fifty
-
one
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
($151,400)
per
annum;
14
(a)
The
governor
shall
receive
compensation
of:
15
(i)
One
hundred
forty
-
three
thousand
eight
hundred
twenty
dol
-
16
lars
($143,820)
per
annum
commencing
on
the
first
Monday
in
Jan
-
17
uary
2027,
until
the
first
Monday
in
January
2028;
and
18
(ii)
One
hundred
fifty
-
one
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
19
($151,400)
per
annum
commencing
on
the
first
Monday
in
January
20
2028,
until
the
first
Monday
in
January
2031.
21
(b)
The
lieutenant
governor
shall
receive
thirty
-
five
percent
(35%)
of
22
the
governor's
compensation
per
annum;
23
(c)
The
secretary
of
state,
state
treasurer,
and
state
superintendent
24
of
public
instruction
shall
each
receive
eighty
-
five
percent
(85%)
of
25
the
governor's
compensation
per
annum;
26
(d)
Commencing
on
the
first
Monday
in
January
2023,
until
the
first
Mon
-
27
day
in
January
2027,
the
attorney
general
shall
receive
compensation
of
28
one
hundred
forty
-
six
thousand
seven
hundred
thirty
dollars
($146,730)
29
per
annum;
and
30
(d)
The
attorney
general
shall
receive
compensation
of:
31
(i)
One
hundred
thirty
-
nine
thousand
three
hundred
ninety
-
three
32
dollars
and
fifty
cents
($139,393.50)
per
annum
commencing
on
the
33
first
Monday
in
January
2027,
until
the
first
Monday
in
January
34
2028;
and
35
(ii)
One
hundred
forty
-
six
thousand
seven
hundred
thirty
dollars
36
($146,730)
per
annum
commencing
on
the
first
Monday
in
January
37
2028,
until
the
first
Monday
in
January
2031.
38
(e)
The
state
controller
shall
receive
eighty
-
five
percent
(85%)
of
the
39
governor's
compensation
per
annum;
said
compensation
to
be
audited
by
40
the
legislative
council.
41
2
(2)
Such
compensation
shall
be
paid
on
regular
pay
periods
as
due
out
of
1
the
state
treasury
and
shall
be
in
full
for
all
services
by
said
officers,
re
-
2
spectively,
rendered
in
any
official
capacity
or
employment
whatever
during
3
their
respective
terms
of
office;
but
no
increase
in
the
rate
of
compensation
4
shall
be
made
during
the
terms
of
such
officers;
provided
however,
that
the
5
actual
and
necessary
expenses
of
the
governor,
lieutenant
governor,
secre
-
6
tary
of
state,
attorney
general,
state
controller,
state
treasurer,
and
su
-
7
perintendent
of
public
instruction,
while
traveling
within
the
state
or
be
-
8
tween
points
within
the
state
in
the
performance
of
official
duties,
shall
be
9
allowed
and
paid
by
the
state;
not,
however,
exceeding
such
sum
as
shall
be
10
appropriated
for
such
purpose.
1
1
(3)
Actual
and
necessary
subsistence
expenses
of
the
governor
while
12
traveling
in
connection
with
the
performance
of
official
duties
are
hereby
13
expressly
exempted
from
the
provisions
of
sections
67
-
2007
and
67
-
2008,
14
Idaho
Code
(standard
travel
pay
and
allowance
act
of
1949).
15
(4)
No
officer
named
in
this
section
shall
receive,
for
the
performance
16
of
any
official
duty,
any
fee
for
his
own
use,
but
all
fees
fixed
by
law
for
17
the
performance
of
any
official
duty
shall
be
collected
in
advance
and
de
-
18
posited
with
the
state
treasurer
to
the
credit
of
the
state.
19
(5)
It
is
the
intent
of
the
legislature
that
the
salaries
of
elective
20
state
officers
be
reduced
by
five
percent
(5%)
for
the
period
commencing
on
21
the
first
Monday
in
January
2027
and
ending
on
the
first
Monday
in
January
22
2028
as
provided
for
in
this
section.
23
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
24
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
25
July
1,
2026.
26