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House introduces bills on interagency contracts, cybersecurity, administrative procedures, executions, insurance and tax credit
Summary
On first reading Jan. 20, 2025, the Idaho House introduced House Bills 34–39 on topics including interagency contracts with higher education, cybersecurity and a parental choice tax credit; the bills were referred to committee for printing and committee referral as recorded in the journal announcement.
BOISE — During the Jan. 20, 2025 session the Idaho House of Representatives gave first reading to a set of bills (House Bills 34–39) and assigned them to committees for printing and referral.
The House clerk announced the bills and their short descriptions: House Bill 34 (Commerce and Human Resources Committee) would amend Section 67-23-32(a), Idaho Code, relating to interagency contracts with state institutions of higher education and includes an emergency clause and effective date; House Bill 35 (Commerce and Human Resources Committee) would amend Sections 67-8-27 and 67-8-31 to require cybersecurity best practices, including use of multi-factor identification for certain branches and officers, and adds a new Section 67-23-62 regarding legislative, judicial and elected constitutional officers; House Bill 36 (Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee) adds Section 67-52-51A to the Idaho Administrative Procedure Act addressing subpoenas in contested cases and includes severability and emergency provisions.
House Bill 37 (Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee) would amend Section 19-27-16, Idaho Code, regarding methods of execution. House Bill 38 (Business Committee) would amend sections of the Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association Act (41-43-03, 41-43-05, 41-43-09) to revise coverage, definitions and assessment procedures; and House Bill 39 (Revenue and Taxation Committee) would add a new parental choice tax credit (new Section 63-30-29N) and create an Idaho parental choice tax credit advanced payment fund (new Section 67-12-30) with an emergency clause and retroactive application noted in the clerk’s reading.
The clerk recorded that House Bills 34–39 were referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing and further referral where specified. House Bill 3 (returned from the Senate) was also noted as received for enrolling. The clerk advanced the calendar after the introductions.
No floor debate or votes on these bills were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; committee references and the text summarized above come from the clerk’s first-reading announcements.
