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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 875 requires budget office to calculate personnel cost reductions for large state entities
Last action · March 17, 2026: Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 875 requires the Legislative Services Office to provide the with a calculated budget reduction based on historical personnel costs for state entities with 50 or more , effective July 1, 2026.
The measure establishes a mandatory budgetary adjustment formula using a five-year average of actual personnel expenditures versus appropriated funds, affecting all fund types for larger state agencies and organizations receiving legislative s.
- The Legislative Services Office provides nonpartisan professional services, research, and budget analysis to the Idaho Legislature. context
- The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee is the joint committee of the Idaho Legislature responsible for writing the state's annual budget bills. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Legislative Services Office
Must calculate and provide budget reductions based on historical personnel costs to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee
Receives the calculated budget reductions and is authorized to include them in each entity's appropriation bill.
Entities with 50 or More Full-Time Equivalent Positions
Subject to budget reduction calculations based on personnel cost expenditures across all fund types.
Key Facts
- The Legislative Services Office must provide the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee with a calculated reduction from the governor's budget document.
- The reduction calculation applies to entities receiving legislative appropriations that are authorized to have 50 or more full-time equivalent positions.
- The calculation includes changes for employee benefit costs, health insurance costs, and employee compensation.
- The reduction is calculated using a 5-year average of actual personnel cost expenditures divided by total personnel costs originally appropriated.
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- For entities in existence for less than 5 years, the reduction is based on an average of all years in existence.
- The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee may include the calculated reductions as part of each entity's appropriation bill.
- The calculated reduction applies to all fund types.
- The act takes effect on July 1, 2026, due to a declared emergency.
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Procedural history
6 actions- Mar 17, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
- Mar 17, 2026FloorReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
- Mar 16, 2026FloorRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 35-34-1 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Hall(Stone), Harris, Hawkins, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Rasor, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Palmer, Pohanka, Raybould, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler Absent – Haws Floor Sponsor - Ehlers Title apvd - to Senate
- Mar 13, 2026Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- Mar 12, 2026Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- Mar 12, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
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Standardized Personnel Reduction Formula
The legislation formalizes a mathematical framework comparing five-year actual personnel costs to originally appropriated amounts for agencies with 50 or more positions.
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