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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 942 Appropriates Millennium Income Fund Dollars for Fiscal Year 2027
Last action · April 2, 2026: Reported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2026 Session Law Chapter 270 Effective: 07/01/2026
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 942 directs the allocation of the for 2027, distributing millions of dollars to s, youth assessment centers, children's advocacy centers, and drug awareness media campaigns starting July 1, 2026.
State spending priorities shift as over $9 million in Millennium Income Fund allocations are directed toward youth programs, recovery centers, and substance abuse prevention for the upcoming .
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Health and Welfare
Receives specific appropriations from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund and is tasked with providing fund oversight and collecting reports from community-based recovery centers.
Department of Juvenile Corrections
Receives appropriations for youth assessment centers and statewide training and coordination for school resource officers.
Office of Drug Policy
Receives $5,000,000 to conduct a statewide drug awareness media campaign and must report back to the Joint Millennium Fund Committee.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $150,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with no more than $1,500,000 distributed in total for continued funding to eligible community-based recovery centers.
- Allocates community-based recovery center funding for eligible centers in the cities of Boise, Caldwell or Nampa, Coeur d'Alene, Emmett, Idaho Falls, Kamiah, Lewiston, Moscow, Pocatello, and Twin Falls.
- Appropriates $692,200 to the Department of Health and Welfare for trustee and benefit payments for the Idaho Children's Trust Fund for fiscal year 2027.
- Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for trustee and benefit payments to youth assessment centers for fiscal year 2027.
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- Appropriates $3,000,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance to support children's advocacy centers.
- Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Office of Drug Policy for operating expenditures to conduct a statewide drug awareness media campaign.
- Appropriates $30,000 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for statewide training and coordination for school resource officers.
- Establishes that moneys available from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund beginning in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter be prioritized for prevention, cessation, and treatment related to tobacco, vape, alcohol, and illegal substances.
- Takes effect on and after July 1, 2026, due to an emergency declared in the act.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 2, 2026EnrolledReported Signed by Governor on April 2, 2026 Session Law Chapter 270 Effective: 07/01/2026
- Apr 1, 2026Delivered to Governor at 12:50 p.m. on April 1, 2026
- Apr 1, 2026Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- Mar 31, 2026Signed by President; returned to House
- Mar 31, 2026Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- Mar 31, 2026Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
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- Mar 30, 2026FloorReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- Mar 30, 2026FloorRead third time in full – PASSED - 24-11-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Lakey, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward NAYS – Bjerke(Bjerke), Foreman, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Zito, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Cook Title apvd - to House
- Mar 27, 2026Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- Mar 26, 2026Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- Mar 26, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
- Mar 26, 2026FloorReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
- Mar 25, 2026FloorRules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 45-22-3 AYES – Alfieri, Berch, Boyle, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Handy, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Manwaring, Mathias, Mickelsen, Miller, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler NAYS – Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Cayler, Crane(13), Garner, Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, McCann, Mendive, Mitchell, Rasor, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker Absent – Bingham, Hall(Stone), Pohanka Floor Sponsor - Price Title apvd - to Senate
- Mar 25, 2026Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- Mar 24, 2026Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- Mar 24, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
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Millennium Fund Allocation Expansion
The legislation distributes specific multi-million dollar grants across health, juvenile corrections, and drug policy agencies while establishing strict reporting and clawback mechanisms for non-compliant centers.
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