Bill > HR015

This Resolution, passed by the Idaho House of Representatives, expresses support for allocating $19,990,500 from funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) to the Idaho Supreme Court. ARPA is a federal law that provided significant financial assistance to states to help them recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Idaho received over $1 billion for its State Fiscal Recovery Fund, which must be committed by the end of 2024 and spent by the end of 2026. One of the approved uses for these funds is to address the economic impacts of COVID-19, and the Idaho Supreme Court has requested this specific amount to cover expenses related to its increased use of technology, a necessity that arose due to the pandemic's negative economic effects.