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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho caps state entity budget increases and sets July 1, 2026 effective date
Last action · February 5, 2026: Reported Printed; referred to Finance
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 1252 caps the annual increases for state entities at the average percentage increase of the in the West region, taking effect July 1, 2026 under an emergency declaration.
State agencies and universities must restrict their annual budget requests based on regional inflation metrics unless meeting specific exception criteria.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State entities, departments, agencies, and universities
Annual maintenance budget requests are restricted by the average percentage increase in the consumer price index for the west region.
Key Facts
- Senate Bill 1252 is officially known and may be cited as the 'Restraint of Government Uncontrolled Expansion (ROGUE) Act.'
- Annual maintenance budget increases for state entities, departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, institutions, and state colleges or universities are capped at the average percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the west region.
- If the CPI percentage reflects a zero percent increase or a decrease, state entity maintenance budget requests shall not exceed the dollar amount of the previous fiscal year maintenance budget approved by the legislature.
- Exigent situations, federally mandated expenditures, or sustained difficulties in meeting operational objectives allow budget increases higher than the restriction.
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- The act takes full force and effect on and after July 1, 2026, under an emergency declaration.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 5, 2026CommitteeReported Printed; referred to Finance
- Feb 4, 2026IntroducedIntroduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
Version history
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Establishment of ROGUE Act
Introduces a formal statutory constraint linking state entity budget maintenance growth directly to the western region consumer price index.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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