Legislative Action

Signed by governor

SB1036 (Health and Welfare) Sets up a revolving loan account for improving local drinking water systems.

Sent to Governor

SB1254 (Finance) Appropriates $235.6 million, $178.5 million from general fund, for higher education for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1253 (Finance) Appropriates $87.7 million to superintendent of public instruction and state Department of Education for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1255 (Finance) Appropriates $16.5 million to Department of Water Resources for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1256 (Finance) Appropriates $9.7 million for Catastrophic Health Care for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1257 (Finance) Appropriates $23.9 million for Indirect Support Services, Veterans Services and Independent Commissions and Councils for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1258 (Finance) Appropriates $39.9 million to Department of Health and Welfare for Public Health Services for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1260 (Finance) Appropriates $109.1 million to Department of Health and Welfare for Division of Family and Community Services for 1998 operations.

HB125 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Requires sheriffs to pursue reimbursement from inmates for cost of incarceration in county jails.

HB143 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Imposes a broader standard of proof for vehicular manslaughter.

HB186 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Allows persons to deposit money with the sheriff on behalf of a defendant in lieu of giving bail.

HB254 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Authorizes restitution directly to crime victims for losses not paid by a third party.

HB310 (State Affairs) Requires the first 48 hours of a 30-day minimum jail sentence for felony drunken driving must be served consecutively.

HB331 (Education) Authorizes the state universities to accept credits from the Western Governors University.

HB214 (Human Resources) Calls for recalculated retirement allowance for workers returning to public employment.

HB173 (Human Resources) Sets up method for professional employers to pay unemployment contributions.

HB216 (Human Resources) Increases to 10 the eligible candidates on the Personnel Commission register for filling state job vacancies.

HB198 (Business) Rewrites the Insurance Guarantee Association law.

HB197 (Business) Revises the state Insurance directors responsibilities over surplus lines coverage.

HB196 (Business) Allows real estate brokers and salesman to handle manufactured home sales.

HB52 (Simpson) Repeals Department of Administration oversight of the Permanent Endowment Fund investment managers.

HB225 (Business) Allows for state control of interstate credit unions based in Idaho or chartered in other states.

HB287 (Agricultural Affairs) Ends refunds of checkoff money paid to the state Barley Commission.

HB338 (Ways and Means) Provides for state regulation of scrapies and livestock infected by scrapies.

HB182 (Transportation and Defense) Allows municipalities to set the speed limits on state highways other than interstates and controlled access roads within their jurisdictions.

Confirmed by Senate

J. David Erickson, Buhl to the Water Resources Board.

Joseph Jordan, Boise to the Water Resources Board.

Claude Storer, Ucon to the Water Resources Board.

Terry Uhling, Boise to the Water Resources Board.

Legislative Action Complete

HCR1 (Simpson) Turns operation and management of Idaho Veterans Memorial Park in Boise to the city.

Killed by Senate

SB1157 (Commerce and Human Resources) Provides worker compensation coverage to firefighters and police officers for psychological conditions developing in the course of employment.

Killed by House

HB325 (Revenue and Taxation) Increases sales tax by 1.25 percent, eliminates authority of most school districts to levy property taxes for school maintenance and operations.

Introduced in Senate

SB1277 (Finance) Allocates $43,600 for 1998 operations of the Women’s Commission.

SB1278 (Finance) Allocates $4.2 million for 1998 operations of the special higher education programs.

SB1279 (Finance) Allocates $5.9 million for 1998 operations of the higher education health programs.

SB1280 (Finance) Allocates $77.5 million for 1998 operations of the Correction Department.

SB1281 (State Affairs) Authorizes the state treasurer to make payments by electronic transfer when requested by controller.

Introduced in House

HCR26 (Ways and Means) Authorizes continuance of Common Sense Task Force to study ways to simplify and streamline regulatory processes while maintaining the goals of environmental protection.

HCR27 (Ways and Means) Establishes special committee on government to study campaign finance reform, lobbying and ethics.

HB395 (Appropriations) Allocates $580,800 to Department of Labor for fiscal 1998 operations.

HB396 (Appropriations) Allocates $1.25 million to Idaho Council for Technology in Learning for fiscal 1998 operations.

HB397 (Appropriations) Allocates $25.6 million to Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal 1998 operations.

HB398 (Appropriations) Allocates $1.29 million to state treasurer’s office for 1998 operations.

HB399 (State Affairs) Requires electrical utilities to “unbundle” costs for energy generation, transmission and distribution by July 1.

HB400 (Appropriations) Appropriates $3.33 million to Commission on the Arts for fiscal 1998 operations.

HB401 (Appropriations) Appropriates $21.2 million for projects under the supervision of Permanent Building Fund Advisory Council.