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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 909 Appropriates $350,000 in Additional Funds for Secretary of State Program in Fiscal Year 2027
Last action · March 18, 2026: Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – FAILED - 27-43-0 AYES – Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Haws, Healey, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Petzke, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Veile NAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Petzke Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
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What This Bill Proposed
Idaho House Bill 909 appropriates an additional $350,000 from the to the Office of the Secretary of State for 2027, covering and beginning July 1, 2026. The legislation failed to pass the House on March 18, 2026.
The measure proposes supplementary state funding for administrative and personnel expenses within the executive branch, though the proposal did not clear the legislature.
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.
Office of the Secretary of State
The agency would receive an additional $350,000 in General Fund appropriations for personnel and operating costs if enacted.
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This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 18, 2026Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – FAILED - 27-43-0 AYES – Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Haws, Healey, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Nelsen, Petzke, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Veile NAYS – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Furniss, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Petzke Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
- Mar 18, 2026Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- Mar 17, 2026Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- Mar 16, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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