Senate Calendar
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Senate Calendar
Senate Floor
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 10:00 AM
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| SENATE CALENDAR | |||||||
| March 12, 2025 | 66th Legislative Day | ||||||
| 10TH ORDER | |||||||
| 10 A.M. | |||||||
| Sponsor | Gubernatorial Appointment | ||||||
| Senator Burtenshaw(31) | Lonnie Allen to the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Den Hartog(22) | Colonel William Gardiner as the Director of the Idaho State Police HD | J&R | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | Representative James Petzke to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | Dayn Hardie to the Public Utilities Commission HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Taylor(26) | Albert Barker to the Idaho Water Resource Board HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Zuiderveld(24) | Brian Olmstead to the Idaho Water Resource Board HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Cook(32) | Mike Edmondson as the Administrator of the Office of Species Conservation HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Ward-Engelking(18) | Marianne King as the Administrator of the Office of Drug Policy HD | J&R | |||||
| Senator Burtenshaw(31) | Joshua Whitworth as the Executive Director of the Office of the State Board of Education HD | EDU | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | Wanda Quinn to the Public Charter School Commission HD | EDU | |||||
| Senator Grow(14) | Reed Hansen to the Treasurer’s Investment Advisory Board HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Shippy(9) | Matthew Thomas to the Sexual Offender Management Board HD | J&R | |||||
| Senator Zito(8) | Joe McNeal to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Woodward(1) | Erik Olson to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission HD | AGA | |||||
| Senator Taylor(26) | Karen Jachimowski Sharpnack to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission HD | AGA | |||||
| Senator Woodward(1) | John Ford Elsaesser to the Lake Pend Oreille Basin Commission HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Ruchti(29) | Kevin Settles to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Guthrie(28) | Senator Jim Woodward to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board HD | STA | |||||
| Senator Ricks(34) | Cortney Liddiard to the Parks and Recreation Board HD | R&E | |||||
| Senator Grow(14) | Nancy Merrill to the Idaho Personnel Commission HD | CHR | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | Paul Amador to the Public Charter School Commission HD | EDU | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | Anna “Janie” Dressen to the Commission of Pardons and Parole HD | J&R | |||||
| Senator Harris(35) | William Craig Corbett to the Idaho Lottery Commission | STA | |||||
| Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | HCR 5 HD |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – DR. ANTHONY FAUCI – States findings of the Legislature and opines that a federal pardon issued by a president does not confer immunity from prosecution or responsibility for state crimes. | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | SR 107 HD |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – PRAYER RESOLUTION – States findings of the Senate and supports observing an official time of prayer each day of the regular session of the Idaho Legislature. | |||||
| Senator Burtenshaw(31) | HJM 4 HD |
by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – GRIZZLY BEAR – States findings of the Legislature and calls upon the federal government to delist grizzly bears and review the Endangered Species Act. | |||||
| Senator Nichols(10) | HCR 7 | by BUSINESS COMMITTEE – INSURANCE – States findings of the Legislature and reaffirms support for state-based title insurance regulation. | |||||
| Senator Guthrie(28) | HCR 11 | by LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE – YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP – States findings of the Legislature and encourages local governments to support youth entrepreneurship. | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | HCR 6 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – IDAHO-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP – States findings of the Legislature and expresses support for Idaho’s partnership with Taiwan. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | HCR 14 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – RULE REJECTION – GENETIC COUNSELORS – States findings of the Legislature and rejects certain rules of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses relating to genetic counselors. | |||||
| Senator Lent(33) | SR 110 | by JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE – RULE APPROVAL – SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE – States findings of the Legislature and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the State Board of Education and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation have been reviewed and approved by the Senate Education Committee, with exceptions. | |||||
| Senator Kohl(25) | HCR 8 | by ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – LAVA RIDGE – States findings of the Legislature, expresses concern and opposition towards the Lava Ridge wind energy project, and requests that the State of Idaho monitor the project and assist in applicable reviews. | |||||
| Senator Kohl(25) | HJM 5 | by ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – LAVA RIDGE – States findings of the Legislature, expresses concern and opposition towards the Lava Ridge wind energy project, and requests additional federal intervention. | |||||
| BILLS ON SECOND READING | |||||||
| 10 A.M. | |||||||
| Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
| Senator Blaylock(11) | H 173 | by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the commission and to increase assessments. | |||||
| Senator Cook(32) | H 323 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – CORPORATIONS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the protection of vulnerable adults from financial exploitation. | |||||
| Senators Ward-Engelking(18), Nichols(10) | H 175aa | by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding advanced opportunities. | |||||
| BILLS ON THIRD READING | |||||||
| 10 A.M. | |||||||
| Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
| Senator Anthon(27) | S 1080 HD 3-14 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – VETERANS – Adds to existing law to provide for certain consumer protections for veterans benefits. | |||||
| Senator Anthon(27) | S 1079 HD 3-14 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – IDAHO PATIENT ACT – Amends existing law to provide for certain actions, proceedings, or judgments founded in or derived from a judgment. | |||||
| Senator Woodward(1) | S 1153 HD |
by JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE – TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a USS Idaho SSN 799 Commemorative License Plate. | |||||
| Senator Lent(33) | S 1147 HD |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to provide for outcomes-based funding. | |||||
| Senator Nichols(10) | S 1064aa HD |
by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – CLOUD SEEDING – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | S 1159 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Amends House Bill 206 to revise provisions regarding use and distribution of emergency medical services funds and county accountability. | |||||
| Senator Cook(32) | S 1165 | by FINANCE COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Behavioral Health Services Division for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. | |||||
| Senator Harris(35) | S 1146 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – OIL AND GAS – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. | |||||
| Senator Zito(8) | H 16aaS | by BUSINESS COMMITTEE – ATHLETIC COMMISSION – Amends existing law to provide an exemption from certain duties of the state athletic commission for fundraising events held by charitable organizations. | |||||
| Senator VanOrden(30) | H 146aaS | by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE – WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS – Adds to existing law to require the installation of light-mitigating technology systems on wind energy conversion systems. | |||||
| Senator Zuiderveld(24) | H 248 HD |
by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – NATURAL RESOURCES – Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Natural Resources for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | H 249 HD |
by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS – Relates to the maintenance appropriations to the executive offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Controller, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Woodward(1) | H 169 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the budget of the Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. | |||||
| Senator Markley(7) | H 332 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – SPECIAL PROGRAMS – Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Special Programs for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | H 346 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – STATE TREASURER – Relates to the appropriation to the State Treasurer for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Galloway(15) | H 347 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE – Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Hart(2) | H 177 HD |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – LEGAL TENDER – Adds to existing law to provide that gold and silver coin and specie shall be legal tender and to provide that no person or entity may compel another person or entity to tender or accept gold or silver coin or specie. | |||||
| Senator Lenney(13) | H 160 | by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE – WORKER’S COMPENSATION – Amends existing law to define a public employer and a public corporation with respect to certain requirements regarding security for compensation. | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | H 181 | by BUSINESS COMMITTEE – CREDIT UNIONS – Amends existing law to provide that a credit union shall deliver articles of incorporation to the Secretary of State. | |||||
| Senator VanOrden(30) | H 220 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding behavioral health services. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | H 245 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – FOSTER CARE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding extended and continued care and to revise provisions regarding relative foster care. | |||||
| Senator Burtenshaw(31) | H 82 | by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION CLAIMS – Amends existing law to provide for the payment of depredation claims that are deemed possible. | |||||
| Senator Lenney(13) | H 46 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – RUNAWAYS – Amends existing law to revise an exemption for certain violations for licensed children’s residential care facilities, registered children’s institutions, and behavioral health youth crisis centers that provide emergency runaway services. | |||||
| Senator Shippy(9) | H 87 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – FUNERAL PLANS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding disposition of remains in prearranged funeral plans. | |||||
| Senator Lakey(23) | H 187 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – PROBATION AND PAROLE – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding advisement to certain probationers and parolees regarding conditions of probation or parole. | |||||
| Senator Burtenshaw(31) | H 204 | by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE – MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends and adds to existing law to establish a World Famous Idaho Potatoes black license plate and a World Famous Idaho Potatoes white license plate. | |||||
| Senator Hart(2) | H 235 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish An Appeal to Heaven license plates. | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | H 227 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – SECURED TRANSACTIONS – Amends existing law to require the Secretary of State to prescribe certain financing statement forms in compliance with the Uniform Commercial Code. | |||||
| Senator Adams(12) | H 316 | by REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE – HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION – Amends existing law to clarify that an Idaho state-issued driver’s license or identification card is required to apply for the homestead property tax exemption. | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | H 276 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – BEER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding brewers’ licenses. | |||||
| Senator Guthrie(28) | H 278 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding certain election deadlines and the filling of certain vacancies. | |||||
| Senator Harris(35) | H 280 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – PUBLIC SERVANTS – Amends existing law to provide an exemption for relatives of members of the Legislature participating in the legislative page program. | |||||
| Senator Ricks(34) | H 299 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – IDAHO BROADBAND ADVISORY BOARD – Amends existing law to revise the composition of the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board and to provide that any grant award process shall be conducted by an independent third party. | |||||
| Senator Keyser(20) | H 199 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance. | |||||
| Senator Galloway(15) | H 333 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS – Relates to the appropriation to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
| Senator Den Hartog(22) | H 277 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES – Amends existing law to provide for certain criminal history checks to be performed. | |||||
| Senator Cook(32) | H 305 | by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding staff allowance. | |||||
| Senator Taylor(26) | H 161 | by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS – Amends existing law related to meetings, compensation, and the powers and duties of the board of commissioners of a flood control district. | |||||
| Senator Shippy(9) | H 47 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – ADOPTIONS – Amends existing law to revise adoptee access to adoption records. | |||||
| Senator Lakey(23) | H 159 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding an order to prevent removal. | |||||
| 14TH ORDER | |||||||
| 10 A.M. | |||||||
| Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
| Senator Toews(4) | H 6 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS – Adds to and amends existing law to remove a provision regarding violations of the open meetings law by county officers, to authorize investigations and actions against city officers by the attorney general, and to provide for duties of the attorney general. | |||||
| Senator Okuniewicz(3) | SJR 101 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – REFERENDA AND INITIATIVES – Proposes a state constitutional amendment to require any referendum petition or initiative petition to be signed by at least 6% of legal voters at the last general election in each legislative district. | |||||
| Senator Woodward(1) | S 1096 Amd-1 |
by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student funding and to provide for weighted per-student funding. | |||||
| Senator Semmelroth(17) | H 236 Amd-1 |
by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding denial of school attendance and denial of transfer enrollment applications. | |||||
| Senator Nichols(10) | S 1063 | by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – URBAN AGRICULTURE – Amends existing law to provide a definition for "small-scale livestock". | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | H 150 | by BUSINESS COMMITTEE – PROPERTY – Repeals and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding conveyances or encumbrances of homesteads by married couples. | |||||
| Senator Galloway(15) | S 1141 Amd-1 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – STATE GOVERNMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding a ban on unauthorized public camping or sleeping. | |||||
| Senator Adams(12) | S 1149 Amd-1 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – PROPERTY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding property ownership in the State of Idaho. | |||||
| Senator Bernt(21) | H 129 | by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – LAND BANK FUND – Amends existing law to extend the time that proceeds can be held in the land bank fund. | |||||
| Senator Ruchti(29) | H 185 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – IDAHO STATE POLICE – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the catastrophic search subaccount in the Search and Rescue Fund. | |||||
| Senator Bjerke(5) | H 243 Amd-1 |
by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – DAYCARE – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding daycare licenses. | |||||
| Senator Galloway(15) | H 266aa | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – IDAHO BUILDING CODE ACT – Adds to existing law to provide for certain live virtual re-inspections and to provide for timely inspections and the option for third-party inspections in certain situations. | |||||
| Senator Galloway(15) | H 263 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – TAXATION – Adds to existing law to provide that certain fees related to animal adoption and rescue are not subject to sales and use taxes. | |||||
| Senator Adams(12) | S 1133 Amd-1 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AREAS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the Agricultural Protection Area Act. | |||||
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