Legislative Action

Signed By Governor

HB60 (Speaker) Reduces penalty on employer who fails to hire or disciplines absent parent subject to an income withholding order for child support. HB173 (Business) Allows Department of Labor and Industrial Services to accept cash deposit in lieu of performance bond.

HB202 (Transportation and Defense) Increases membership of Transportation Board from three to seven members, including six appointed from districts and a seventh member, who will be chairman, appointed at large.

HB219 (State Affairs) Allows grape growers and wine producers to place money into an account and provides tax on grapes grown in Idaho for wine production.

HB227 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Clarifies when execution may be used in collecting judgments on fines.

HB247 (Local Government) Establishes county business license taxes and providing for distribution of funds.

HB269 (State Affairs) Exempts from public disclosure confidential business information submitted to a port district.

HB271 (Ways and Means) Repeals Special Committee on Personnel Matters.

HB291 (State Affairs) Requires information about Idaho’s Open Range Law to be in driver’s license manual.

HB297 (State Affairs) Provides that only state Board of Examiners can approve accumulation of state employee vacation time over specified limits.

HB309 (State Affairs) Amends laws controlling collection agencies.

HB310 (State Affairs) Requires delivery of a current prospectus to purchasers of a security within a specified time.

HB311 (State Affairs) Repeals and adds to laws providing for regulation of Fraternal benefit societies.

HB312 (Ways and Means) Amends laws on handling of money or property paid or awarded to a minor or incompetent person.

HB316 (State Affairs) Extends to all state elections same-day voter registration.

HB337 (Ways and Means) Provides punishment for a series of thefts occurring as part of a common scheme or plan.

HB345 (Agricultural Affairs) Allows the application of pesticide without liability for noise if owners of ratites are given advance notice.

HB350 (Ways and Means) Provides for release of juvenile records to school authorities where the juvenile is enrolled or seeking enrollment.

SB1139 (Transportation) Provides for an Idaho Timber special license plate.

SB1141 (Education) Increases compensation for members of Idaho Historical Society Board.

SB1212 (State Affairs) Provides for notice to employer if an applicant for paid fireman position fails to meet employment standards of Department of Labor and Industrial Services.

SB1227 (Judiciary and Rules) Changes Idaho Office on Aging to Idaho Commission on Aging.

SB1245 (Judiciary and Rules) Suspends administration of the law on administrative suspension of driver licenses.

SB1247 (Judiciary and Rules) Makes the prosecuting attorney in Payette County a full-time job.

SB1249 (Finance) Appropriation to Department of Insurance for 1996 operations.

SB1250 (Finance) Appropriation to lieutenant governor’s office for 1996 operations.

SB1251 (Finance) Appropriation for Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for 1996 operations.

SB1252 (Finance) Appropriation to Endowment Fund Investment Board for 1996 operations.

SB1254 (Judiciary and Rules) Requires legislative review of administrative rules before they become final.

SB1256 (Finance) Appropriation for Human Rights Commission for 1996 operations.

SB1258 (Finance) Appropriation to secretary of state’s office for 1996 operations.

SB1259 (Finance) Appropriation to State Insurance Fund for 1996 operations.

SB1260 (Finance) Appropriation to Water Management Fund for 1996 operations.

Sent To Governor

HB370 (Ways and Means) Appropriates $100,000 to study higher education governance.

HB380 (Appropriations) Appropriates $1.2 million for computerization of the system for issuing sportsmen licenses.

HB381 (Appropriations) Appropriates $10,000 to the state pension system to administer the 401(k) program.

HB383 (Appropriations) Appropriates $66,000 to support the Ashton-Tetonia recreation corridor.

HB342 (Education) Updates the new school aid distribution formula.

SB1013 (Judiciary and Rules) Authorizes courts to assess parents or guardians for the cost of detaining juveniles.

SB1153 (Commerce and Human Resources) Revises state law on medical savings accounts.

SB1190 (Commerce and Human Resources) Sets out procedures for handling reconveyance of deeds of trust.

SB1215 (State Affairs) Modifies the fees for the motorcycle endorsement law.

HB229 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Changes the way the legal rate of interest is calculated.

HB387 (Appropriations) Appropriates $40 million for 1996 operations of the Division of Environmental Quality and oversight of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

HB388 (Appropriations) Appropriates $5.6 million for 1996 operations of the special health education programs.

HB389 (Appropriations) Appropriates $33.2 million for 1996 operations of Veterans Services, independent commissions and support services for the Health and Welfare Department.

HB365 (State Affairs) Creates a state Bingo Advisory Board and gives the state Lottery Commission control over bingo prize amounts beginning in mid-1997.

SB1045 (State Affairs) Authorizes liquor licenses for certain downhill ski resorts.

SB1048 (Judiciary and Rules) Allows renewal of domestic violence protection orders for an additional year.

SB1221 (Judiciary and Rules) Modifies the existing concealed weapons permit law to among other things make the list of those holding permits confidential.

SB1231 (Judiciary and Rules) Revamps small group and individual health insurance reform programs to includes nonsmoking status as a rate-making condition.

SB1247 (Finance) Appropriates $929,000 for 1996 operations of the Board of Education.

HB248 (Local Government) Deletes conflicting provision relating to the siting of manufactured homes as a required component of a comprehensive plan.

HB138 (State Affairs) Amends hunting laws to allow use of a crossbow in a special archery hunting season for individual with disabilities.

SB1287 (Finance) Appropriates $4.3 million to University of Idaho and Board of Education for 1996 operations of special programs.

SB1288 (Finance) Appropriates another $5 million to Department of Transportation for 1996 operations.

SB1278 (Finance) Appropriates $2.6 million for special programs under state Board of Education for 1996 operations.

SB1009 (State Affairs) Creates a Constitutional Defense Fund and appropriates $1 million to it.

SB1142 (Health and Welfare) Authorizes businesses to voluntarily disclose environmental violations without fear of reprisals.

HB384 (Appropriations) Allocates $77 million for public works including $33 million for prison expansion.

HB391 (Appropriations) Appropriates $134,000 for additional staff to handle the Snake River Basin Water Rights Adjudication.

Confirmed By Senate

Pauline Robinson, Lewiston to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Paul Sharrai, Twin Falls to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Dianne Stone Milhollin, Moscow to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Ernest Lombard, Boise to the Parks and Recreation Board.

Legislative Action Completed

HCR23 (Education) Encourages school districts to establish the ExperiencedBased Career Education Program.

HCR17 (Ways and Means) Creates a special legislative committee to study the way public higher education is governed.

HCR20 (State Affairs) Creates a special legislative committee to study optional forms of government.

HCR21 (Transportation and Defense) Creates a special legislative committee to study comprehensive management of state transportation resources.

SP101 (State Affairs) Commends Picabo Street on her achievements as a skier.

SP102 (State Affairs) Commends former Senate employee Joanne Dick for her contributions to the Legislature.