Votes at a glance: key House actions March 24, 2025

BOISE, March 24, 2025 — The Idaho House completed a series of floor actions on March 24, 2025. The following is a concise summary of notable final actions, vote tallies and brief descriptions of each item as recorded on the House floor.

Votes at a glance

- Senate Bill 11-10 (maintenance budget for multiple agencies) — Passed, 65 ayes, 5 nays. A maintenance budget covering 21 agencies that the presenter described as a standard personnel‑benefits and compensation update; overall reported as a reduction of 26.4% in the maintenance package’s totals for certain fund sources.

- House Bill 3-90 (PERSI enhancement appropriation) — Passed, house recorded passage and transferred to Senate; vote tally: not specified in transcript excerpt. The bill funds enhancement items for the Public Employee Retirement System and included IT hardware and limited travel reductions compared with requests.

- House Bill 4-19 (Parks and Recreation maintenance/enhancements) — Passed, 39 ayes, 31 nays. Enhancements funded from dedicated sources, including replacement items and seasonal pay increases and new positions to address a rise in park usage.

- House Bill 4-20 (STEM computers/IT hardware) — Passed, 69 ayes, 1 nay. Small enhancement request for new computers and IT hardware.

- House Bill 4-25 (Permanent Building Fund enhancements) — Passed, 50 ayes, 20 nays. One‑time capital projects funded from the permanent building fund; the sponsor noted a roughly 29.8% reduction from the prior year in total requests.

- House Bill 4-26 (State Controller enhancement, bringing LUMA on budget) — Passed, 38 ayes, 32 nays. (Also covered in a separate article due to extended debate.)

- House Bill 4-27 (EMS moved to Military Division) — Passed, 49 ayes, 19 nays. Transfers EMS services and creates one FTE to support managed services.

- House Bill 4-13 (policy on agency position vacancy alignment and travel reporting) — Passed, recorded 65 ayes, 4 nays, 1 absent. The bill requires agencies to eliminate positions vacant 180–364 days or justify them and requires reporting on employee travel.

- House Bill 4-35 (trailer bill — property assessment, tax clarifications, property-tax relief timing) — Passed, 62 ayes, 2 absent. (Also covered in a separate article.)

- House Bill 4-42 (campaign finance drafting; printing referred) — Referred to printing by Judiciary Rules and Administration (first reading); no final vote recorded on the floor.

Senate bills and other appropriations

- Senate Bill 11-30 (military division/Office of Emergency Management) — Passed, 45 ayes, 23 nays. Included transfer authority and supplemental for hazmat and IT replacements.

- Senate Bill 11-32 (state independent living council maintenance) — Passed, 59 ayes, 8 nays.

- Senate Bill 11-54 (Commission on the Arts enhancement) — Failed, 25 ayes, 44 nays. The measure requested $18,000 in general funds to match federal arts-education grants.

- Senate Bill 11-61 (Office of Species Conservation enhancement authority for nonfederal grants) — Passed, 44 ayes, 23 nays.

- Senate Bill 11-48 (salary code adjustments for certain commissions) — Passed, 35 ayes, 30 nays, 1 excused.

- Senate Bill 10-73 (clarification on city franchise agreements and temporary dumpster rentals) — Passed, 67 ayes, 3 absent.

- Senate Bill 11-46 (oil and gas commission qualification adjustment) — Passed, 58 ayes, 9 nays, 3 absent.

- Senate Bill 11-72 (Department of Commerce, net zero transfer) — Passed, 36 ayes, 33 nays, 1 absent.

- Senate Bill 11-73 (Department of Juvenile Corrections enhancement) — Passed, 56 ayes, 12 nays.

- Senate Bill 11-74 (Industrial Commission supplemental) — Failed, 25 ayes, 44 nays.

Other notable floor action

- Senate Joint Memorial 104 (Camas Creek/Mud Lake channel maintenance) — Passed by roll call, 53 ayes, 15 nays, 2 absent; memorial urges federal agencies to permit maintenance in the Camas National Wildlife Refuge to restore flow to Mud Lake (covered in a separate article).

Notes on tallies and context

Where exact roll counts were provided on the floor they are listed above. Several bills were passed after unanimous‑consent procedures and floor presentation; where a numeric roll was not read aloud in the excerpt provided to the transcript, the tally is listed as not specified. All bills passed by the House will be transmitted to the Senate for further action or, where noted, were filed for enrollment or referral as required by House rules.

Ending: The House adjourned to reconvene the following day; bills that passed will proceed to the Senate calendar or further committee action as prescribed by legislative procedure.