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Senate Finance panel sends bill to raise three commissioners’ salaries to the Senate
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1148 to the Senate with a due-pass recommendation. The bill sets statutory salary increases for the Public Utilities Commissioner, the State Tax Commissioner and the Idaho Industrial Commissioner; funding would require a separate trailer appropriation from JFAC.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1148 to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation after a short hearing that framed the measure as a policy change to raise commissioner pay.
Keith Bybey, division manager in the Legislative Services Budget Policy Analysis Division, told the committee the bill would statutorily increase salaries for three commissioners beginning July 1, 2025. "This bill would increase the Public Utilities Commissioner's salary from 126,424 to 129,648. The state tax commissioner's salary would…
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