---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – COMMUNITY COLLEGES – Appropriates $40,000,900 to the State Board of Education for Community Colleges for fiscal year 2018; exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations; requires an update on the Complete College Idaho initiative; and appropriates an additional $1,200,000 to the College of Southern Idaho for fiscal year 2017."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – COMMUNITY COLLEGES – Appropriates $40,000,900 to the State Board of Education for Community Colleges for fiscal year 2018; exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations; requires an update on the Complete College Idaho initiative; and appropriates an additional $1,200,000 to the College of Southern Idaho for fiscal year 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 294"
citation: "Idaho H 294 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78daabc6-524b-4135-8c1f-2d5f7ed967d7"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0294/"
source_hash: "c911ca3803aa8a790e97592ab46546bb4d8c3b8f2bf56f1f8c19451b6b1687f7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 294 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – COMMUNITY COLLEGES – Appropriates $40,000,900 to the State Board of Education for Community Colleges for fiscal year 2018; exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations; requires an update on the Complete College Idaho initiative; and appropriates an additional $1,200,000 to the College of Southern Idaho for fiscal year 2017.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – — **48–22** (pass) · legislature
- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **33–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-17** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-21** Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – PASSED - 48-22-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Chaney, Crane, Gestrin, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hixon, Luker, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Thompson, Trujillo, Vander Woude, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - MillerTitle apvd - to Senate
- **2017-03-21** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2017-03-21** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-23** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-23** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – ForemanAbsent and excused – StennettFloor Sponsor - MortimerTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-28** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2017-03-28** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2017-03-29** Delivered to Governor at 3:17 p.m. on March 28, 2017
- **2017-04-04** Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2017 Session Law Chapter 309 Effective: 04/04/2017 SECTION 4; 07/01/2017 all other SECTIONS `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78daabc6-524b-4135-8c1f-2d5f7ed967d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).