---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Appropriates $9,448,600 to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 68.48."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Appropriates $9,448,600 to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 68.48."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 654"
citation: "Idaho H 654 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION", "PUBLIC BROADCASTING", "TELEVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ecdaa82-e4fb-498e-9263-43440d99e45f"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0654/"
source_hash: "b2604bc4b8359436158178ed4095603899d991fb2d6cd42227ffe925f64bd9e1"
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 654 (2018) — APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC TELEVISION – Appropriates $9,448,600 to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 68.48.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0654.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **26–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2018-03-02** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-02** Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 47-21-2AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gibbs, Hartgen, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kloc(Tway), Luker, Malek(Widmyer), Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Miller, Moyle, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Smith, Stevenson, Toone, Troy(Goesling), VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Armstrong, Barbieri, Boyle, Cheatham, Ehardt, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Kingsley, Loertscher, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Syme, Thompson, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Gestrin, ShepherdFloor Sponsor - HormanTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-05** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-09** Read third time in full – PASSED - 26-4-5AYES – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – Foreman, Harris, Potts, VickAbsent and excused – Anthon, Hagedorn, Keough, Nonini, RiceFloor Sponsor - MartinTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-12** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-14** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-14** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-15** Delivered to Governor at 3:15 p.m. on March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-19** Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2018 Session Law Chapter 131 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ecdaa82-e4fb-498e-9263-43440d99e45f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).