HOUSE BILL 299
RS30594 / H0299
This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Secretary of State. It appropriates a total of $14,764,600 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 35.50. The bill funds eight line items. Line item 2 provides cybersecurity software; line item 3 provides 1.00 FTP for a customer service representative for business filings; line item 4 provides 1.00 FTP for a voting system specialist; line item 5 provides 1.00 FTP for a campaign finance specialist; line item 6 provides 1.00 FTP for a lobbyist specialist; line item 7 provides 0.50 FTP for a land board liaison; line item 9 provides for publication of the Idaho Blue Book; and line item 12 provides for an elections system upgrade. Also included is a FY 2023 supplemental appropriation of $81,400 and authorization of an additional 2.00 FTP to allow the office to hire three new staff - an executive assistant, elections data scientist, and elections education coordinator.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03/13 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading | |
| 03/14 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/15 | U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day | |
| 03/16 | U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day | |
| 03/17 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 20, 2023 |
| 03/20 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
| 03/22 | U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day | |
| 03/23 | U.C. to place at bottom of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day | |
| 03/28 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |