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H 481 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – FACILITIES DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support Program’s Division of Facilities for fiscal year 2026.

Idaho's H 481 reduces the funding for school facilities by $180,822,300 from the School District Facilities Fund for fiscal year 2026 (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026). This bill directly affects school districts that rely on this fund for facility maintenance and construction projects. The reduction is applied to amounts already counted as expended from the fund during the same period. Signed into law on April 4, 2025, the bill takes effect immediately on July 1, 2025, and is classified as an emergency measure.
Issues: ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesReduces school facilities funding by $180M, defunding essential public education infrastructure as per appropriations language.95% confidence ✗ EducationOpposes EducationReduces school facilities funding by $180.8M, directly defunding infrastructure maintenance and construction projects for public schools.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Signed Apr 4, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2025 · House Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Apr 3, 2025
D Democratic6
5 Yea 1
83% Yea
R Republican30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Apr 4, 2025
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2025 Session Law Chapter 304 Effective: 07/01/2025
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Galloway, RabeFloor Sponsor - Ward-EngelkingTitle apvd - to House
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – PASSED - 65-0-5AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, P
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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