---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER – Appropriates $2,889,200 to the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 23; provides legislative intent for the payment of outside counsel costs; provides legislative intent for the payment of capital representation costs; and provides for a cash transfer."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER – Appropriates $2,889,200 to the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 23; provides legislative intent for the payment of outside counsel costs; provides legislative intent for the payment of capital representation costs; and provides for a cash transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H 305"
citation: "Idaho H 305 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER"]
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/6cec20de-7621-4c4e-bfc9-a1dca45be86d"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/H0305/"
source_hash: "99827ec1b757361fb43ee6e3b4cf7f3c9cfc90b7f9b51d7d9fa2e298af4443ec"
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 305 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER – Appropriates $2,889,200 to the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 23; provides legislative intent for the payment of outside counsel costs; provides legislative intent for the payment of capital representation costs; and provides for a cash transfer.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 70 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 0, read three times – — **61–5** (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 - 61-5-4AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Harris, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan(Ringo), Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Manwaring, McCrostie, Mendive, Miller, Moon, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Clow, Crane, Hanks, Moyle, TrujilloAbsent – Malek, McDonald, Monks, WintrowFloor Sponsor - YoungbloodTitle 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 - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Davis, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - AgenbroadTitle 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 318 Effective: 07/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cec20de-7621-4c4e-bfc9-a1dca45be86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).