---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – WELFARE DIVISION – Appropriates $172,320,100 for the Welfare Division in the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 630.55 for fiscal year 2018; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; prohibits transfers of trustee and benefit payments; provides legislative intent for program integrity; requires biannual forecast reports; appropriates an additional $116,300 for the Benefit Payments Program for fiscal year 2017; and reduces the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions by 5 for fiscal year 2017."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – WELFARE DIVISION – Appropriates $172,320,100 for the Welfare Division in the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 630.55 for fiscal year 2018; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; prohibits transfers of trustee and benefit payments; provides legislative intent for program integrity; requires biannual forecast reports; appropriates an additional $116,300 for the Benefit Payments Program for fiscal year 2017; and reduces the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions by 5 for fiscal year 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S 1145"
citation: "Idaho S 1145 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-07"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd8012fd-7042-4407-8901-be7e955b0124"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2017/legislation/S1145/"
source_hash: "5b4fd3a14fc10d74419eb09a30cc9bc08ff308cc4105642566c355cd9dd509a3"
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 S 1145 (2017) — APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – WELFARE DIVISION – Appropriates $172,320,100 for the Welfare Division in the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 630.55 for fiscal year 2018; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; prohibits transfers of trustee and benefit payments; provides legislative intent for program integrity; requires biannual forecast reports; appropriates an additional $116,300 for the Benefit Payments Program for fiscal year 2017; and reduces the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions by 5 for fiscal year 2017.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **47–22** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time in full – — **33–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- FINANCE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-07** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2017-03-08** Reported Printed; referred to Finance
- **2017-03-09** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
- **2017-03-10** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-13** Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, 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 – ForemanAbsent and excused – DavisFloor Sponsor - BairTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2017-03-14** Read First Time, Filed for Second Reading
- **2017-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2017-03-16** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 47-22-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Collins, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon, Gibbs, Giddings, Hartgen, Hixon, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, King, Kingsley, Kloc, Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Trujillo, VanOrden, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Clow, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Gestrin, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Shepherd, Thompson, Troy, Vander Woude, ZollingerAbsent – KerbyFloor Sponsor - WintrowTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-17** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-21** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-23** Reported delivered to Governor at 9:35 a.m. on 03/22/17
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor on 03/27/17 Session Law Chapter 165 Effective: 03/27/2017 SECTION 7 & 8; 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/cd8012fd-7042-4407-8901-be7e955b0124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).