APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Commerce, Department of Environmental Quality, and the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2025.
This Idaho bill adjusts fiscal year 2025 funding for three state departments. It reduces Commerce Department appropriations for some programs while adding $291.7 million specifically for broadband infrastructure, transfers $2 million from the General Fund to the Environmental Quality Department, and modifies Health and Welfare funding by reducing substance abuse program funding by $160,000 while adding $160,000 for the same program, and similarly adjusting physical health services with a $240,000 reduction and addition. The bill was enacted as an emergency measure with immediate effect on March 12, 2025. It does not create new programs but reallocates existing funds across designated accounts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025
Signed Mar 13, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025 · House Feb 20, 2025
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
Mar 5, 2025
D
Democratic5
60% Yea
R
Republican30
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 12, 2025 Session Law Chapter 42 Effective: 03/12/2025
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Mathews(Rabe), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Semmelroth, Shippy, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Ruchti, TaylorFloor Sponsor - CookTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Ras
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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