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Votes at a glance: JFAC actions March 7, 2025
Summary
Summary of committee votes and outcomes from the March 7 Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee meeting, including passed transfers and departmental budget enhancements and items left unresolved.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee held multiple roll calls on March 7. Key recorded outcomes follow.
Community colleges: Passed — The committee approved $1,679,800 ongoing general fund in enrollment workload adjustments for FY2026 (College of Eastern Idaho $496,800; College of Southern Idaho $690,000; College of Western Idaho $493,000). Vote: Senate 9‑1; House 10‑0; total 19‑1. Action: due‑pass recommendation to the floor.
Commerce (broadband office transfer): Passed — The committee approved a program transfer that added 1 FTP and $140,900 to the broadband office and reduced 1 FTP and $140,900 from the Commerce program for a net zero impact. Vote: Senate 10‑0; House 10‑0; total 20‑0. Action: due‑pass recommendation.
Juvenile Corrections: Passed — The committee approved several items including a $380,000 dedicated funds radio system replacement (one‑time) and $300,000 ongoing general fund for substance use disorder residential treatment, IT modernization net zero FTP transfers and other replacements. Motion passed on a 15‑5 roll call (Senate 8‑2; House 7‑3). Action: due‑pass recommendation.
Department of Corrections (management services division): Passed — The committee approved enhancements including $1,000,000 ongoing for recidivism case management software, $668,100 for transparency software, IT replacements and an $85,000 ongoing governor’s initiative for a special assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern Idaho. Vote: 15‑5 (Senate 8‑2; House 7‑3). Action: due‑pass recommendation.
Idaho Commission for Libraries — Digital Access for All Idahoans grant: Failed (no final appropriation advanced) — The committee considered a $2,500,000 federal “Digital Access for All Idahoans” enhancement under the Digital Equity Act. A substitute motion to strip the $2.5 million failed to gain a House majority; the committee then considered the original motion and the House again failed to record a majority in the affirmative. Outcome: item unresolved and to be revisited later; staff to provide the Digital Equity Act funding notice to committee members.
Procedural note: Several items were the subject of later procedural discussion and re‑consideration; the committee chair and co‑chair indicated leadership had instructed that failed motions may be brought back to JFAC for reconsideration later in the session.
