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Votes at a glance: JFAC actions Feb. 28 — supplementals, agency budgets and technical corrections
Summary
Summary of recorded JFAC motions and roll‑call outcomes on Feb. 28, 2025, including agency supplementals, FY2026 enhancement requests and language corrections; items forwarded to the legislature’s floor where committees recorded a majority in each chamber.
Below are the formal motions and recorded committee outcomes from the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee meeting on Feb. 28, 2025. Numbers are committee roll‑call tallies where recorded and reflect the committee’s recorded totals.
Millennium Fund - Accept Millennium Fund Committee report (unanimous consent). Outcome: accepted (no roll call recorded).
General fund daily update / green sheet - Analyst briefing; no final motion (informational).
Agricultural Research & Extension - FY2026 addition of $408,000 and 1.43 FTE (viticulture researcher, café building maintenance). Outcome: passed; recorded combined committee tally 15 ayes, 5 nays; due‑pass recommendation.
Endowment Fund Investment Board - FY2026 addition of $86,100 from dedicated funds. Outcome: passed; recorded combined committee tally 15 ayes, 5 nays; due‑pass recommendation.
Office of Species Conservation - FY2026 addition of $30,000 (dedicated funds) to receive non‑federal grant funds. Outcome: passed in both committees (Senate 9‑1; House 7‑3; combined 16 ayes, 4 nays); due‑pass recommendation.
Department of Correction (supplementals, FY2025) - Advanced surveillance technology: FY2025 one‑time $795,000 (general fund). Outcome: passed (Senate 9‑1; House 8‑2; combined 17 ayes, 3 nays); due‑pass recommendation. - Transport safety expansion: FY2025 one‑time $1,148,000 (general fund). Outcome: passed (Senate 8‑2; House 7‑3; combined 15 ayes, 5 nays); due‑pass recommendation. - Body‑worn camera pilot: FY2025 $1,051,000 (federal + small GF). Outcome: passed House Appropriations but failed to achieve a Senate majority (combined committee tally reported 12 ayes, 8 nays); will be sent to Senate for further consideration. - County and out‑of‑state placement: FY2025 one‑time $5,939,400 (general fund). Outcome: passed (combined 15 ayes, 5 nays); due‑pass recommendation. - Medical services: FY2025 one‑time $5,957,200 (general fund). Outcome: passed after corrected roll call (final combined tally recorded as 16 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent/excused); due‑pass recommendation.
Department of Correction (FY2026 adjustments) - Multiple FY2026 enhancement bundles were considered; some passed and others failed to achieve a majority in the Senate Finance Committee and will be forwarded as appropriate. Notable FY2026 approvals included state prisons division enhancements and population adjustments; several management‑services enhancements did not achieve a Senate majority and will require further action.
Industrial Commission - FY2025 fund swap / net zero correction (move $47,000 among funds for statutory purposes). Outcome: passed unanimously (combined 20 ayes, 0 nays). - FY2026 set of technical and personnel items (IRIS maintenance, reclassifications, replacement items): Outcome: passed (combined 19 ayes, 1 nay); due‑pass recommendation.
Public Utilities Commission - FY2026 replacement items and OITS hardware ($114,100 from dedicated funds). Outcome: passed unanimously (combined 20 ayes, 0 nays); due‑pass recommendation.
Corrections to previously adopted language and technical adjustments - Commission on the Arts language correction relating to federal grant appropriation language: accepted by unanimous consent. - Two technical corrections (cash transfer amount adjustment; Health & Welfare behavioral health language addendum): accepted by unanimous consent with corrected wording inserted.
State Appellate Public Defender - FY2026 add 1 FTE and $139,800 general fund; reappropriation authority for capital/conflict representation not to exceed $1,209,400. Outcome: passed (combined 18 ayes, 2 nays); due‑pass recommendation.
Division of Financial Management - FY2026 adjustment to enforce 3% general fund growth cap (reduce $8,900 on a one‑time basis) and add $21,100 for OITS hardware for a net $12,200 increase. Outcome: passed unanimously (20 ayes, 0 nays); due‑pass recommendation.
Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) - FY2026 one‑time pension software upgrade (year 4 of 5 cycle) and IT hardware: Outcome: passed (combined 18 ayes, 2 nays); due‑pass recommendation.
Notes on procedure and next steps - When a motion passed a majority in each chamber’s appropriations caucus it was recorded as carrying a due‑pass recommendation to the legislature’s floor; motions failing to achieve a majority in either caucus were identified and will be handled according to Senate/House procedures (some items forwarded to the Senate for further action). - A small number of recorded roll calls contained typographical errors on the displayed screen; the committee corrected at least one roll call on the record before finalizing the vote tally.
For the full text of motions, recorded roll‑call tallies and committee language, see the committee minutes and the Legislative Services Office green sheet.
