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Votes at a glance: JFAC passed motions on agency maintenance budgets, supplementals and technical corrections
Summary
At its Friday meeting JFAC approved a range of agency maintenance budgets, supplementals, replacement items and technical accounting corrections. Several actions passed by clear margins; a few items produced split votes or were subject to subsequent procedural review.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee handled multiple budget motions and supplemental requests across state government. The committee voted on maintenance budgets, replacement items, federal grant appropriations, transfer‑limit exemptions and several technical accounting corrections. Below are the principal actions recorded in the committee transcript and the vote tallies recorded on the floor.
Key motions recorded in the hearing (motions shown in substantially the same wording as presented on the floor):
- Idaho Public Television — add $342,400 (general fund) for replacement items and network operations center replacement. Motion passed (total tally reported: 16 ayes, 4 nays). Motion sponsor: Senator Galloway; second: Representative Galvez.
- Soil and Water Conservation Commission — add $1,040,500 (general fund): $40,500 to replace a vehicle and $1,000,000 for water quality grants. Motion passed (18 ayes, 2 nays). Motion sponsor: Vice Chair Representative Miller; second: Senator Burkey.
- Department of Health & Welfare, Mental Health Services (FY2025 supplemental, Idaho Behavioral Health Plan contract implementation) — one‑time $6,743,800 (federal cooperative welfare fund). Motion passed (15 ayes, 5 nays). Motion sponsor: Representative Furniss; second: Representative Furniss (second recorded in transcript).
- Division of Mental Health Services (FY2026 enhancement) — $261,400 (federal funds). Motion passed (total reported: 18 ayes, 0 nays in final count reported). Motion sponsor: Senator Cook; second: Representative Furnace.
- Psychiatric Hospitalization (FY2025 community hospitalization supplemental) — one‑time $2,663,500 (general fund) for civil commitment expenditures. Motion passed (19 ayes, 1 nay). Motion sponsor: Representative Furniss; second recorded: Senator Wintrow.
- State Hospital West (FY2025 forecast/fund shift) — net 0 budget impact via fund shifts, one‑time adjustments (shift from federal to dedicated funds). Motion passed (19 ayes, 0 nays).
- State Hospital South (FY2025 forecast/fund shift) — net 0 budget impact via fund shifts (dedicated/federal/general fund adjustments). Motion passed unanimously (20 ayes, 0 nays recorded).
- Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (FY2026 personnel/trustee adjustments) — net 0 impact but reallocation adjustments; recorded committee vote: 15 ayes, 5 nays (senate 8–2; house 7–3). Motion sponsor: Senator Wintrow.
- Department of Labor — initial motion to fund unemployment insurance operations failed in committee on initial vote (members indicated the motion failed in floor discussion). The committee then adopted accounting correction motions to transfer and reappropriate internal UI funds. The re‑appropriation and fund balance correction motion passed unanimously (18 ayes, 0 nays) and associated fund-balance correction language was accepted by unanimous consent.
- Secretary of State — maintenance budget and a set of enhancements (reduced from initial request, voter guide removed pending policy action). Motion passed with a majority recorded (total reported: 15 ayes, 3 nays, 2 absent/excused); committee noted re‑appropriation authority for prior appropriations.
- Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $28,900 (general fund) for IT hardware replacement. Motion passed (unanimous where recorded: 18 ayes, 0 nays).
- Office of Energy and Mineral Resources — (see separate article for the full debate). Committee considered a multi‑million dollar federal package for home energy rebates; substitute motion failed; leadership directed the package and language to the House for follow‑up.
- Idaho Lottery — $176,700 (dedicated funds) for ITS hardware replacement. Motion passed (total reported: 16 ayes, 2 nays).
- Commission on the Arts — $18,400 (general fund) to increase arts and education grant funding matched by federal NEA grants. Motion passed (13 ayes, 7 nays recorded).
- Brand Inspection Division (Idaho State Police) — replacement vehicles and IT hardware, $289,200 (dedicated funds). Motion passed (tally recorded in transcript: 15 ayes, 4 nays).
- Commission of Pardons and Parole — IT replacement items $12,600 (general fund). Motion passed unanimously (20 ayes recorded).
- Division of Veterans Services — a technical net‑zero correction moving funds between personnel and operating lines across miscellaneous revenue and federal grant funds. Motion passed unanimously (20 ayes recorded).
Process and next steps: motions that carried a due‑pass recommendation will be assembled into committee bills and forwarded to the next committee or chamber for further action, as appropriate. A handful of items produced close or split votes and were subject to extra language or procedural direction (notably the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources package). Committee language to limit state liability for potential federal fund reductions was accepted by unanimous consent in multiple places.
Notes on vote reporting: the committee recorded separate roll‑call tallies for the Senate and House caucuses and then reported joint totals for several actions. Where the transcript displays different votes by caucus, this article lists the final totals reported on the record. If the transcript recorded unanimous consent to accept language, those actions are reported as accepted by unanimous consent in the narrative.
