Newsletter, March 28, 2018
Floor Session:
We were able to finish up our work last week, and are prepared to adjourn for the year. However, due to the disputed veto of the grocery tax repeal last year, we are staying in Session another five days in order to ensure that there are no Bills vetoed after we leave "sine die". This means our actual date of closing the 2018 Session will most likely be the 28th of March. It has been a very productive Session with tax reform taking center stage, and a number of smaller issues being proposed, debated, and passed. There was a much more collegiate atmosphere than last year, and most legislators are hopeful that we will be able to maintain this air with many new members in the legislature, as well as a new Governor, next year.
Please take the time to educate yourself on all the candidates running in the various races, and then make time to vote. Educated participation is the only way to stem the various forms of tyranny that arise from complacency.
As in previous Legislative Sessions, all Bills passed and all votes are "YES" unless otherwise noted. aaH and aaS indicate Bills amended in House or Senate.
All Bills can be investigated further on legislature.idaho.gov. Go to "Legislative Sessions" and then you can search by Bill number or topic.
H695 Appropriation for Health and Welfare-Medicaid $2,445,650,500
H696 Additional Appropriation for Dep. of Environmental Quality (I carried this) $50,000
H697 Appropriation for Dept. of Corrections $3,650,000
H698 Additional appropriation for Health and Welfare $32,700
H699 Appropriation for Idaho State Historical Society $7,534,200
H700 Appropriation for Wolf Depredation Control Board $400,000
H701 Appropriation for Dept. of Agriculture $44,815,300
H702 Appropriation for State Lottery $6,057,700
H703 Appropriation for Dept.. of Commerce $42,314,000
H704 Appropriation for Health and Welfare-Health Services $120,147,300
H705 Appropriation for Secretary of State $4,963,800
H429aaSAmends law regarding payment of sexual assault examinations
HP1 Recommends the State pay legal fees stockwater rights dispute
S1279 Amends law regarding scholarship funds used for adults N
S1287aaAmends law regarding non compete contracts
S1355 Appropriations for Commission of Pardons and Parole $3,388,100
S1356 Appropriation for Commission on the Arts $2,021,200
S1357 Appropriation for Career Technical Education $75,963,200
S1255 Amends law regarding civil action judgments
S1245aa,aa Adds to law regarding legal immunity to those who provide aid
S1314aaAmends law regarding criminal history expungement
S1358 Appropriation for Capitol Commission $2,342,000
S1360 Appropriation for Dept. of Environmental Quality (I carried this bill) $66,620,100
S1359 Appropriation for Community Colleges $46,926,600
S1361 Appropriation for Health and Welfare-Welfare Division $175,037,800
HCR62 Rule rejection regarding PERSI
H706 Appropriation for Division of Building Safety (I carried this Bill) $14,304,200
S1270aaAmends law regarding forcible penetration
S1316aaAmends law regarding attorney's fees
S1362 Appropriation for Health and Welfare-Child Welfare, etc... $115,770,100
S1295aaHAmends law regarding career technical schools
S1284aaHAmends law regarding parking enforcement by "booting'
S1363 Additional appropriation for Supreme Court $756,500
S1364 Appropriation for PERSI $8,111,700
S1365 Appropriation for Dept., of Labor $88,276,300
S1366 Appropriation for Health Education Programs $19,035,500
S1368 Appropriation for Vocational Rehabilitation $28,306,100
S1369 Appropriation for Health and Welfare-Indirect Support Services, etc.. $83,069,100
S1370 Additional appropriation for Public Defense Commission $10,000
S1371 Appropriation for Constitutional Officers
S1372 Appropriation for State Liquor Division $21,410,900
S1373 Appropriation for State Controller $18,811,500
S1374 Additional appropriation for Health/Welfare-Physical Health Services $640,000
S1375 Additional appropriation for the Legislative Branch $150,000
S1376 Additional appropriation for Health and Welfare- Basic Medicaid Plan $3,800,000
S1379 Appropriation for Office of Information Technology $5,870,200
S1377 Additional appropriation for Idaho State Police $394,000
S1378 Additional appropriation for Dept. of Environmental Quality(I carried this)$290,000
S1380 Appropriation for State Tax Commission $43,750,200
H710 Appropriation for Medical Boards $6,466,800
H712 Additional appropriation for Dept. of Water Resources $1,000,000
H713 Additional appropriation for Industrial Commission $300,000
H714 Appropriation for Executive Office of the Governor (I carried this Bill) $2,421,200
H715 Appropriation for Dept. of Administration $23,698,200
H716 Additional appropriation for Foster Care $6,000
SCR146 Approves Interim Committee to study occupational licensing
H711 Amends law regarding correctional industry contracts FAIL
S1269 Amends law regarding Sexual Battery
H717 Appropriation for Superintendent of Public Instruction $19,035,500
H718 Amends law regarding stockwater rights
S1366 Appropriation for Idaho Transportation Dept. (I carried this Bill) $700,814,600
S1381 Appropriation for Workforce Development Committee $8,553,100
S1246aaH Amends law regarding correctional facility medical payments
H562aaSAmends law regarding Health District Boards N
H547aaSAmends law regarding building codes
SCR149 Approves administrative rules for 2019 that impose a fee
H566aaSAMends law regarding certificates for charter school administrators
H658aaSAmends law regarding civil and criminal trespass
SCR148 Allows for the printing of 150 copies of the Session Laws
H594aaSAmends law regarding agricultural equipment property tax exemption
General Orders:
S1295 Amends law regarding career technical schools
S1284 Amends law regarding parking enforcement by "booting"
S1246 Amends law regarding Correctional Facility medical payments
Committee Reports:
JFAC:
Although all the budgets had been set already, we had to reconvene in order to readdress the Superintendent of Public Education's budget because the original failed to pass the House Floor. We added roughly $290,000 to accommodate a program that was not funded in the original budget.
Superintendent of Public Instruction $39,656,800 +2.2% over 2018
Transportation & Defense:
There was no meeting held this week.
Business:
There was no meeting held this week.
I encourage you to contact me with any questions or concerns, and I am grateful for the opportunity to represent District 1 in The Idaho House of Representatives.
Lord Bless,
Sage G. Dixon
