HOUSE BILL 304
RS30616 / H0304
This is the fiscal year 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Fish and Game. It appropriates a total of $149,932,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 547.00. The bill funds seven line items, which include: $1,738,400 for targeted salary increases; $598,500 for disease monitoring and surveillance for chronic wasting disease; $5,534,100 to restore salmon and steelhead habitat; $500,000 to construct a residence in Blaine County for a conservation officer; $500,000 for projects under the Good Neighbor Authority; $261,000 for bighorn sheep research and management activities; and $4,322,600 for the Albeni Falls mitigation project.
FY 2023 Original Appropriation Executive Carry Forward FY 2023 Estimated Expenditures Removal of Onetime Expenditures Base Adjustments FY 2024 Base Personnel Benefit Costs Replacement Items Statewide Cost Allocation Change in Employee Compensation FY 2024 Program Maintenance DHR Consolidation 1. Targeted Salary Increases 2. Disease Monitoring and Surveillance 3. Restore Salmon/Steelhead Habitat 4. Hayspur Hatchery Residence 5. USFS Good Neighbor Authority 6. Bighorn Sheep Management 7. Albeni Falls Mitigation FY 2024 Total Chg from FY 2023 Orig Approp % Chg from FY 2023 Orig Approp.
| 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 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 46-24-0 AYES – Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hill, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Shepherd, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Crane(12), Crane(13), Ehardt, Gallagher, Hawkins, Healey, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Lambert, Monks, Palmer, Price, Redman, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Miller Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/21 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance | |
| Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading | |
| 03/22 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/24 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 21-9-5 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Harris, Hartgen, Jones(Rabe), Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Okuniewicz, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Winder, Wintrow NAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Toews, Trakel, Zuiderveld Absent and excused – Adams, Guthrie, Ricks, Ruchti, Ward-Engelking Floor Sponsor - Just Title apvd - to House |
| 03/28 | Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling |
| Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate | |
| Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker | |
| Signed by President; returned to House |