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Committee approves introduction of bill barring logos and slogans from executive budget document
Summary
Rep. Heather Scott introduced RS 32,092 to prohibit logos, mottos or slogans in the executive budget document except the state seal or governor's official logo; the committee voted to introduce the RS by voice vote.
Representative Heather Scott, R-Idaho District 2, asked the House State Affairs Committee to introduce RS 32,092, a bill that would prohibit the inclusion of logos, mottos or slogans in the executive budget document except for the state seal or the governor’s official logo.
Scott said she flagged the issue after seeing slogans on executive presentations for funds such as ARPA and argued the executive budget should “stick to the facts” rather than contain marketing-style themes. “While these are all great ideas and slogans, I just don't think it's the proper place to be putting on the executive budget,” she said.
Representative Crane asked whether the executive budget has a statutory submission deadline; Scott said she has a separate bill in development on that topic. Representative Barbieri moved to introduce RS 32,092. The committee approved the motion by voice vote; the transcript records “Motion is carried” without a roll-call tally.
Ending: RS 32,092 was introduced and will proceed through the committee process; the sponsor framed the change as a stylistic and transparency measure to allow clearer comparison between executive and legislative budget documents.
