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March 17, 2025 | 71st Legislative Day | ||||||
10TH ORDER | |||||||
10:30 A.M. | |||||||
Sponsor | Gubernatorial Appointment | ||||||
Senator Bernt(21) | Dayn Hardie to the Public Utilities Commission HD | STA | |||||
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 HD | 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 Bernt(21) | HCR 6 HD |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – IDAHO-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP – States findings of the Legislature and expresses support for Idaho’s partnership with Taiwan. | |||||
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. | |||||
Senator Guthrie(28) | HJM 6 | by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT – States findings of the Legislature and calls on Congress to amend the Equal Access to Justice Act. | |||||
Senator Burtenshaw(31) | SJM 104 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – CAMAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE – States findings of the Legislature and requests an expedited permitting process to clean Camas Creek and a transfer of the ownership of the refuge. | |||||
BILLS ON SECOND READING | |||||||
10:30 A.M. | |||||||
Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
Senator Blaylock(11) | H 286 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – PHARMACISTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board membership and certain qualifications. | |||||
Senator Bjerke(5) | H 289 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – NURSES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding certified registered nurse anesthetists. | |||||
Senator Zuiderveld(24) | H 312 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – DAYCARE – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensing of daycare facilities. | |||||
Senator Shippy(9) | H 336 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – CHILD SUPPORT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing laws to revise provisions regarding child support. | |||||
Senator Lent(33) | H 275 | by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends and repeals existing law to provide for local school boards to require internet filtering and to remove provisions regarding digital and online library resources and wireless technology standards. | |||||
Senator Anthon(27) | H 338 | by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund and the School District Facilities Fund. | |||||
Senator Lenney(13) | H 215 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for reports to the Legislature to be submitted electronically and to remove obsolete provisions regarding reporting requirements. | |||||
Senator Lenney(13) | H 222 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – STATE WEBSITES – Adds to existing law to require state websites to contain certain rule and policy documents and a certain statement. | |||||
BILLS ON THIRD READING | |||||||
10:30 A.M. | |||||||
Sponsor | Number | Description | |||||
Senator Anthon(27) | S 1080 HD 3-21 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – VETERANS – Adds to existing law to provide for certain consumer protections for veterans benefits. | |||||
Senator Anthon(27) | S 1079 HD 3-21 |
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 1096aa HD |
by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding student funding and to provide for weighted per-student funding. | |||||
Senator Harris(35) | S 1144 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – TRANSPORTATION – Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding laying out of highways. | |||||
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 Hart(2) | H 371 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – ENDOWMENT FUND INVESTMENT BOARD – Relates to the appropriation to the Endowment Fund Investment Board for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
Senator Hart(2) | H 372 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER – Relates to the appropriation to the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
Senator Galloway(15) | H 373 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – DIVISION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Financial Management for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
Senator Carlson(7) | H 374 | by APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE – APPROPRIATIONS – AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SERVICE – Relates to the appropriation to the Agricultural Research and Extension Service for fiscal year 2026. | |||||
Senator Hart(2) | H 235 HD |
by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – TRANSPORTATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish An Appeal to Heaven license plates. | |||||
Senator Adams(12) | H 316 HD |
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 Keyser(20) | H 199 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – REFUGEES – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding refugee medical assistance. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. | |||||
Senator Grow(14) | H 304 | by REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE – PROPERTY TAX RELIEF – Amends existing law to provide for property tax relief. | |||||
Senator Blaylock(11) | H 134 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – HEALTH – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding breast cancer screening. | |||||
Senator Bernt(21) | H 294 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION – Amends existing law to provide for civil penalties for violating public utilities law. | |||||
Senator Kohl(25) | H 330 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding movie theaters and the sale of beer and wine. | |||||
Senator Burtenshaw(31) | H 194 | by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – WATER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding water districts and assessments. | |||||
Senator Ruchti(29) | H 9aa | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the procedures for the conducting of contested cases. | |||||
Senator Lent(33) | H 158 | by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE – PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding media source confidentiality. | |||||
Senator Woodward(1) | H 208 | by LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE – FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the consolidation of fire protection districts. | |||||
Senator Ricks(34) | H 329 | by REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE – TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide certain property tax exemptions for certain utilities and to provide for a tax on rate-regulated electric companies and gas companies. | |||||
Senator Den Hartog(22) | H 331 | by EDUCATION COMMITTEE – EDUCATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the public charter school facilities program. | |||||
Senator Bjerke(5) | H 290 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – IMMUNIZATIONS – Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding immunizations in daycare and schools. | |||||
Senator Galloway(15) | H 327 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – NURSES – Adds to existing law to provide for nurses to delegate tasks to non-nurses under certain conditions. | |||||
Senator Bjerke(5) | H 136 | by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE – INSURANCE – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding 340B drug pricing program reporting. | |||||
Senator Okuniewicz(3) | H 25 | by REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE – SALES TAX – Amends existing law to provide for the distribution of certain sales tax revenues to the transportation expansion and congestion mitigation fund and to local units of government for highway projects. | |||||
Senator Bernt(21) | H 354 | by REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE – PROPERTY TAXES – Amends existing law to revise provisions related to the assessment of market value and the homestead exemption. | |||||
14TH ORDER | |||||||
10:30 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 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 Bernt(21) | H 129 Amd-1 |
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 Amd-1 |
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 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 Nichols(10) | S 1064aa Amd-1 |
by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – CLOUD SEEDING – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding. | |||||
Senator Woodward(1) | S 1124aa | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION – Adds to existing law to provide for electric corporations’ standard of care for wildfire liability. | |||||
Senator Adams(12) | H 282 | by WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE – PROPERTY – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding homestead property. | |||||
Senator Harris(35) | S 1140 Amd-1 |
by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to define a term and to revise provisions regarding violations and enforcement. | |||||
Senator Bernt(21) | H 102 Amd-1 |
by LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE – RECREATION DISTRICTS – Amends existing law to establish additional procedures to file petitions for the dissolution of recreation districts. | |||||
Senator Ricks(34) | H 180 | by LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE – BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the timing of the permitting process relating to broadband infrastructure. | |||||
Senator Bernt(21) | H 253 | by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – PUBLIC RECORDS – Amends existing law to provide additional time to respond to requests for public records from nonresidents and to allow a different fee schedule to fulfill nonresident requests. | |||||