Legislative Action

Sent to Governor

HB104 (Appropriations) - Makes an emergency $438,000 appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for the current budget.

HB107 (Appropriations) - Makes an emergency $7,700 appropriation to the Division of Financial Management for the current budget.

HB108 (Appropriations) - Makes an emergency $16,100 appropriation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for the current budget.

HB101 (Appropriations) - Makes an emergency $9,500 appropriation to the Emergency Response Commission for the current budget.

Confirmed by Senate Barbara Wannamaker, Eagle, to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Introduced in Senate

SB1089 (Health and Welfare) - Sets up a food retailers licensing system to finance food inspections.

SB1090 (Transportation) - Makes technical and clarifying changes in the special vehicle license plate law.

SB1091 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Clarifies employer responsibility under workers’ compensation law.

SB1092 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Defines status of Industrial Commission decisions for purposes of appeal.

SB1093 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Imposes a civil penalty on employers making false statements in workers’ compensation cases.

SB1094 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Determines workers’ compensation liability for temporary or professional employers.

SB1095 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Includes costs of tuition, books and attendant expenses of retraining in workers’ compensation cases.

SB1096 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Allows interest to accrue on awards against the second-injury fund.

SB1097 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Specifies rights to recovery from third parties in workers’ compensation cases.

SB1098 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Reduced workers’ compensation benefits by half to reflect social security retirement benefit payments in applicable cases.

SB1099 (Commerce and Human Resources) - Revises and updates workers’ compensation law including income payments if death occurs within four years of accident or disease.

Introduced in House

HCR8 (Environmental Affairs) - Requests Department of Health and Welfare to amend ground water quality rules to recognize the uniqueness of mining and eliminating the concept of sensitive ecological systems.

HB178 (Local Government) - Declares the western rattlesnake as the state reptile.

HB179 (Agricultural Affairs) - Provides that a livestock dealer shall be responsible for any livestock transaction conducted by his agent representative if that transaction would otherwise require a livestock dealer’s license.

HB180 (Agricultural Affairs) - Provides penalties for transferring title to livestock without first obtaining a brand inspection.

HB181 (Transportation and Defense) - Increases Idaho’s allowable gross weight limit from 105,500 up to a maximum of 129,000 pounds.

HB182 (Transportation and Defense) - Provides that local authorities may impose lower speed limits on state highways that pass through residential or business districts.

HB183 (Appropriations) - Supplemental appropriation in current budget of $4.86 million to Department of Correction, mainly for housing out-of-state inmates.

HB184 (Revenue and Taxation) - Removes so-called marriage penalty in state income tax returns by lowering standard deduction for single taxpayers and increasing standard deduction for married couples filing jointly. - Associated Press