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Idaho House introduces bill to redirect sales tax revenue to transportation, conducts routine business
Summary
On Jan. 20, 2025, the Idaho House of Representatives introduced House Bill 25 to change distribution of certain sales-tax revenues to a transportation fund and local governments for highway projects, referred the measure for printing and committee review, and completed a series of procedural actions and announcements.
The Idaho House of Representatives on Jan. 20, 2025 introduced House Bill 25, a proposal to change how certain sales-tax revenue is distributed — directing funds to the Transportation Expansion and Congestion Mitigation Fund and to local governments for highway projects — and referred the bill to the House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing and further consideration.
The bill text as announced says it would amend Section 63-36-38 and Section 47-20 of the Idaho Code and declares an emergency. The House made the referral and printing request on the floor; no debate on the substance of the bill was reported in the session transcript.
Why it matters: HB25 would change the destination of some sales-tax dollars to a state transportation fund and to local units of government for highway projects, which could affect future transportation planning and local project funding if the bill advances.
The House also received and filed a quarterly report from the governor’s office that the clerk read into the record as required by Section 57-16-01, Idaho Code. The letter—identified in the transcript as coming from the governor—listed line-item expenditures including a Moscow homicide-investigation expense of $8,399.20 and year-to-date Moscow homicide-investigation expenditures of $6,310.54. Other numeric figures in the filed letter were unclear in the session transcript and therefore are reported here as not specified in the record.
Members handled routine legislative business and committee housekeeping. The Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration reported that House Bills 20–24 were printed; HB20–23 were referred to the Transportation and Defense Committee and HB24 was referred to the Agricultural Affairs Committee. The House returned House Concurrent Resolution 3 to the desk for re-referral and placed the resolution on the second-reading calendar.
On procedure and votes: the House approved the Journal of the 12th legislative day on a motion moved by Representative Scogg and seconded by Representative Gannon; the motion passed. Members granted unanimous consent to hold the bills on the third-reading calendar for one legislative day. The House adopted a motion to adjourn and scheduled its next meeting for 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
The floor session included a series of member announcements and recognitions: the chamber observed a prayer by Chaplain Tom Doherty and the Pledge of Allegiance by House page Ezra Morgan of Burley, Idaho; members recognized educators in the gallery and noted a caucus schedule and photo day; one member requested the House be at ease to offer a congratulatory remark on the presidential inauguration, and another member noted the Potato Commission would distribute potatoes in the rotunda the next morning. Committee meeting dates and times for the coming days were read into the record by the clerk.
No formal committee votes on HB25 or floor debate over its provisions were recorded in the session transcript. The referral and printing actions recorded on the floor are procedural steps that send the bill to committee for further work.
