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JFAC splits on LSO bill-drafter request; sends language asking for earlier governor budget and statewide review
Summary
A proposal to add one bill-drafting attorney to the Legislative Services Office narrowly failed to clear the Senate side of the committee; committee later adopted language asking the governor to transmit budget recommendations earlier and asked LSO to review interagency billing and budget submission systems.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 24 considered a request by the Legislative Services Office to add one bill-drafting attorney and $129,000 in fiscal-year 2026 funding, and separately adopted language asking the governor to transmit the 2027 budget earlier and directing LSO to review interagency billing and to explore a statewide budget submission platform.
LSO division manager Keith Bybee and other staff described the office’s workload and compared Idaho’s staffing to peer states, noting Idaho’s LSO had relatively few…
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