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H 364

An act relating to approval of the annexation of property by the Village of Swanton

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tom Oliver and 1 co-sponsor

Establishes the DOGE Legislative Task Force (9 members) to review agencies, rules, and budgets, cut wasteful regulations, boost efficiency; sunset 11/30/2029; emergency clause.

House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2025
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Bill Summary · H 364

Summary — H 364 (Idaho) — Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Legislative Task Force

Note: The materials provided included unrelated docket text from another state and an unrelated bill title (annexation by Village of Swanton). The operative bill text and actions below describe Idaho House Bill 364, which establishes the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Legislative Task Force and was approved by the governor on May 27, 2025.

Main purpose

Create a temporary, legislatively controlled task force to review state agency functions, rulemaking, budgets, and government operations to identify waste, improve accountability, and recommend statutory or structural reforms to increase efficiency in Idaho state government.

Key provisions

  • Establishes the DOGE Legislative Task Force in statute (new Section 67‑2362, Idaho Code).
  • Composition: nine legislative members
    • 3 House members appointed by the Speaker;
    • 3 Senate members appointed by the President pro tempore;
    • 3 legislative members from the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee (JFAC) appointed by its cochairs (one H, one S, one either).
  • Leadership: two cochairs — one appointed by the House Speaker and one by the Senate President pro tempore.
  • Terms and meetings:
    • Initial appointments due by July 1, 2025; initial term runs through November 30, 2026.
    • Subsequent appointments are annual (on or before Nov. 30) for one‑year terms; members may be reappointed.
    • Task force must meet at least twice per year; five members constitute a quorum.
  • Subgroups: up to three focused subgroups allowed
    • Regulatory Accountability (explicit goal to eliminate or shift nearly all regulations into statute by 2033);
    • Budget Accountability (base budget reviews to identify waste/redundancy);
    • Government Operations & Oversight (assess consolidation/streamlining of agencies).
  • Staffing and resources:
    • May use state staff/resources and technology, including artificial intelligence, where it increases efficiency.
    • May appoint up to two nonlegislative technical advisors (unpaid, no vote).
  • Reporting: findings, reports, and proposed legislation submitted electronically to the Legislative Services Office; subgroups report to the full task force.
  • Sunset and emergency:
    • Operates through November 30, 2029; provisions become null after December 1, 2029.
    • Emergency clause: effective immediately upon enactment.

Fiscal impact

  • Members compensated per the citizens' committee on legislative compensation (same as interim legislative meetings); compensation and meeting costs paid from the legislative account.
  • Fiscal note anticipates costs for meetings, administrative support, logistics, and technology (including potential AI use). Nonlegislative advisors receive no legislative reimbursements.

Who is affected

  • State legislature (members serve on the task force).
  • State agencies and rulemaking processes (subject to review and recommendations).
  • The state budget and appropriation process (subject to base budget reviews and possible recommendations to eliminate programs).
  • Idaho taxpayers and service recipients indirectly, through potential changes to agency structure, rules, and spending.

Timeline / Status

  • Statutory formation required no later than July 1, 2025; initial members by that date.
  • Initial term through Nov. 30, 2026; annual reappointments thereafter.
  • Sunset: Dec. 1, 2029.
  • Signed by the governor on May 27, 2025; effective immediately under the emergency clause.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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