Is Idaho bill to cut taxes, fund education constitutional? Attorney general weighs in – By Ryan Suppe (Idaho Statesman) / Sept 1, 2022
Debate among lawmakers over an Idaho bill that would cut income taxes, provide rebates and pour more money to education brought one question to light: whether it violated the Idaho Constitution.
Some Republican legislators, who have convened in Boise for a special session, asked whether the bill would violate the Idaho Constitution’s one-subject rule, a prohibition on multi-subject bills.
“You can’t bring one important issue to a bill and then put a whole bunch of pork in it to get it passed,” said Rep. Charlie Shepherd, R-Pollock, who supported the bill but brought up the concern. “It might come back to bite us. This is a dangerous road to go down.”
But an analysis from the Idaho attorney general’s office said the bill is legally sound.
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