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Idaho general fund spending

General Fund original appropriations back to fiscal year 2006, two years of actual state spending by agency (General Fund and All Funds), the General Fund's own beginning and ending balance, and the Division of Medicaid's appropriation by fund source, from the Legislative Services Office's annual Legislative Fiscal Report.

Figures

General Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027General Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027. Idaho: $2,180.9 in fiscal year 2006, $5,621.8 in fiscal year 2027.$0$2,000$4,000$6,00020102020IdahoMillions of dollarsGeneral Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027General Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027. Idaho: $2,180.9 in fiscal year 2006, $5,621.8 in fiscal year 2027.$0$2,000$4,000$6,00020102020IdahoMillions of dollarsGeneral Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027General Fund original appropriations, fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2027. Idaho: $2,180.9 in fiscal year 2006, $5,621.8 in fiscal year 2027.$0$2,000$4,000$6,0002010201520202025IdahoMillions of dollars

Source: Idaho Legislative Services Office, Legislative Fiscal Report, General Fund. Data period fiscal year 2027. Published .

MeasureValuePeriod
General Fund original appropriationsfiscal year 2027$5.6 billionfiscal year 2027
General Fund actual spendingfiscal year 2025$5.3 billionfiscal year 2025
General Fund beginning balancefiscal year 2025$320.1 millionfiscal year 2025
General Fund ending balancefiscal year 2025$357.2 millionfiscal year 2025

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Publisher

Organization
Idaho Legislative Services Office
Publisher’s dataset
Legislative Fiscal Report, General Fund
File or API used
https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/budget/publications/Legislative-Fiscal-Report/2026/Legislative%20Fiscal%20Report.pdf
Methodology
https://legislature.idaho.gov/lso/bpa/

Coverage

Geography
Idaho (statewide)
Time coverage
Fiscal years 2006 to 2027 for appropriations; fiscal years 2024 to 2025 for actual spending and the General Fund balance; fiscal years 2026 to 2027 for Medicaid's appropriation by fund source
Update frequency
Annual
Published
May 22, 2026
Retrieved
September 8, 2026
License of the records
Public domain. State of Idaho government work.
Rows
120 observations, 2006-2027

Measures

MeasureWhat it measuresUnit
General Fund original appropriationsOriginal General Fund appropriation enacted for the fiscal year, as printed in the Legislative Fiscal Report's Twenty-Two Year History table. Not actual spending.usd millions
General Fund actual spendingActual General Fund expenditure for the fiscal year, statewide total, on the Legislature's budgetary basis. Source: Legislative Fiscal Report, General Fund Three-Year Summary by Agency, Statewide Total Actual column.usd
State spending by agency (All Funds, actual)Actual expenditure by agency, all funds (General, dedicated, and federal), on the Legislature's budgetary basis. Source: Legislative Fiscal Report, All Funds Three-Year Summary by Agency, Actual column.usd
General Fund beginning balanceIdaho's General Fund cash balance at the start of the fiscal year, before that year's revenue, transfers and spending.usd
General Fund ending balanceIdaho's General Fund cash balance at the close of the fiscal year, after that year's revenue, transfers and spending.usd
Medicaid appropriation by fund sourceThe Division of Medicaid's original appropriation for the fiscal year, by fund source.usd

Caveats

  • Fiscal years 2026 and 2027 appropriations are enacted amounts for years not yet fully executed as of retrieval.
  • Spending by agency and the General Fund spending total cover fiscal years 2024 to 2025 only; each report's summary table carries one year of actual spending.
  • Actual figures are budgetary-basis, all-funds expenditure, not the modified-accrual figure under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) that the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) reports; the two disagree for fiscal year 2025.
  • Agency names are the report's own labels, in its comma-inverted style (e.g. 'Correction, Department of').
  • Function subtotal rows and the Statewide Total row are excluded; the agency breakdown lists agencies only.
  • The General Fund's beginning and ending balance are its own year-end cash position, not Idaho's budget stabilization and other reserve funds, which the Legislative Fiscal Report tracks separately.
  • The beginning and ending balance cover fiscal years 2024 and 2025 only, the two years for which the Legislative Fiscal Report's own summary states a closed-year balance rather than an estimate.
  • The fund-source appropriation is the Division of Medicaid's own budgeted program; the Department of Health and Welfare, which houses other programs, appropriates separately.
  • The fund-source appropriation is the original amount enacted for the fiscal year, for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 only, and may differ from actual spending.

How to cite

Understand Idaho, “Legislative Fiscal Report, General Fund”, compiled from Idaho Legislative Services Office, Legislative Fiscal Report, General Fund. Retrieved September 8, 2026. https://understandidaho.com/data/lso-general-fund/.

Cite Idaho Legislative Services Office directly for the figures themselves.

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