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\"SB 10 26 ensures that homeowners and HOAs have the same rights as those not governed by HOAs to own a limited number of backyard chickens,\" Senator Tammy Nichols said, introducing the measure she called the \"Free the Chicken\" bill. The bill would prevent homeowners associations from outright banning chickens while allowing HOAs to adopt reasonable regulations on coop placement, waste management and prohibiting roosters. It would allow up to four chickens per two‑tenths of an acre, would not affect city or county poultry ordinances, and would not apply in agricultural zones.

Two homeowners testified in support. Scott Rarick of Rupert told the committee his HOA's covenants currently say \"we cannot have chickens\" and described backyard hens' benefits for pest control, garden fertilizer and household food security. \"With the price of eggs skyrocketing, I think it's very important that HOAs can't just say you can't have chickens,\" Rarick said. Brian Ullman, a homeowner in Eagle, told the committee he had tried and found the HOA amendment process impractical in his subdivision and urged the committee to advance the bill.

Senator Taylor opposed the measure during debate, describing it as an overreach and expressing concern that the bill's accompanying definition of \"small scale livestock\" could be broadened in the future to include other animals; Senator Nichols replied the bill itself applies only to chickens and the definition is included for clarity. After debate Senator Kohl moved to send SB 10 26 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; Senator Lakey seconded the motion. The committee voted to advance the bill; Senator Taylor requested his nay be recorded.

SB 10 26 will move to the Senate floor for further consideration, where amendments, further debate and a roll-call vote are possible.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Agricultural Affairs Meeting February 4, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 1026, sponsored by Senator Tammy Nichols, would prohibit homeowners associations from outright banning backyard chickens while allowing HOAs to adopt reasonable coop and sanitation rules.","taxTitle","Agricultural Affairs, SENATE, Committees, Legislative, Idaho","taxId",56993,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6342378,"Idaho Bean Commission asks panel to print RS31817 to raise checkoff assessment",80,267555,347975,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3&start=267&end=347","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3/thumbnail_267555.jpg","/articles/6342378/Idaho/Idaho-Bean-Commission-asks-panel-to-print-RS31817-to-raise-checkoff-assessment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6342378-f6da10d35043ffa7b2f40440cf93914d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045262&Signature=W7u8FO5IItl9dx0AzznsO~q1xk3SWQYSY0u-c70sZlSgjX7exmXRO71ejqgFUSo3FmMffequCrcby2bAxjsUkzVXehgzC3RHTfwkw7~pkoEMJ0ke7zm8E7I92qzCoJd541eAud57~XSKs4LQg~4JhIQdC7k7lalvv5u4K7-7TilMidsBpTOcz-OJFwp9PLiCZYhGUs1otf~6L2SDoFLSSrT9oHfhN0QeHPlMg4TxOM04Df8Nv5ICgdZ5jBvy6ixJny3VfSyZlVdoiFy4yiETqwYE1XRHxIcL2i3B9uyAMZe1D9UBMIgackh1U6kv8xIzKIhhIOpipe9a7kC1VZMxVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Agriculture Committee voted to print RS31817 after hearing testimony from Andy Wolf Wybie, executive director of the Idaho Bean Commission, who asked the committee to authorize an increase in the commission’s producer assessment.

\"We as the Idaho Bean Commission have not requested an assessment increase since 1992,\" Andy Wolf Wybie said. She told the committee inflation and rising costs have eroded the commission’s purchasing power and that the commission does not receive general fund dollars; it is funded by a checkoff assessment when beans enter the first channel of trade.

Under the request the current assessment of 12¢ per hundredweight, split 8¢ from growers and 4¢ from bean dealers/warehouses, would be increased 4¢ so both sides pay 8¢ (raising the total to 16¢). The commission’s board voted unanimously to authorize the initial increase and to permit a future increase to 24¢ per hundredweight if needed, again split evenly between growers and dealers. Wybie said the commission plans to use additional funds for trade development, renewed entomology research at the Parma Research Center, and seed testing to address overseas seed-acceptance issues.

Senator Blaylock deferred to Wybie to present the request; Senator Blaylock then moved to print RS31817 and Senator Van Orden seconded the motion. The committee voted to print the request. No general-fund appropriation was requested in committee testimony, and Wybie emphasized that the commission is self-funded.

RS31817 will be printed for formal consideration in the legislative process.","The Idaho Bean Commission asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to print RS31817 to raise the commodity checkoff from 12¢ to 16¢ per hundredweight (with an option to increase to 24¢ later) to fund research and market development.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6342382,"Senate Agriculture Committee approves printing of fence-clarifying RS32111",201,65775,267495,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3&start=65&end=267","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3/thumbnail_65775.jpg","/articles/6342382/Idaho/Senate-Agriculture-Committee-approves-printing-of-fence-clarifying-RS32111","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6342382-183a516bd7ecf4a698c6facacd04032a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045262&Signature=gjA2lz3jrECCmQB~uibtOvnDos-Q9Df1i31u-a2I8JiXxAmACEKm6sW~tPSPnnov16-TnnZTCi7fc4~ZomTm5o6Vcl6GOKV4FPOeVJU1qYaCOyTX3VVx-zpfKw2sqqC0gIEyqOXY0tcxQZVfyCTaDIAYiTyzDDjswBHYlwXyRvl7SxIf78O~PA6tVYWG4bsdkvklb4Ysk526~-N7CpFcRiRJCAXGIhQYxl8gPlr8xZz5C3F5PXSX0anpa8SnzOxib9xMl~sE5NUxOeY3rrd~cKEfKk92tLeL3Zvx16W67-ReSDjGuC6XLsY0E24tamk471r3-hmhuc0Stf6voav1wA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Agriculture Committee members voted to print RS32111, a draft addition to Title 35 that clarifies fence responsibility for private landowners who border federal land and allotments. Senator Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35, introduced the request and asked the committee to send it to print.

The provision would add statutory text to confirm that private landowners bear responsibility for fences along federal allotments. \"If you border federal land and allotment, the fence is yours, the private land owners,\" Senator Mark Harris said while presenting the item. Harris told the committee the clarification responds to uncertainty revealed by a lawsuit last year and reflects long-standing practice that the federal government does not build or repair boundary fences.

The measure was moved to print by Senator Van Orden and seconded by Senator Taylor; the committee voice vote carried. No substantive changes to Title 35 beyond the clarification language were discussed in the committee hearing. The committee took no further action beyond approving printing of the request for statute language.

RS32111 will be printed for formal introduction and further legislative processing.","The Senate Agriculture Committee voted to print RS32111, a draft statutory clarification stating that private landowners bordering federal allotments are responsible for constructing and maintaining boundary fences.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6342369,"Idaho agriculture officials outline expanded quagga mussel detections and large-scale 2024 treatment on Mid‑Snake River",605,1905295,2510445,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3&start=1905&end=2510","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2255286-24602966ac8a497dfd13088a43703bc3/thumbnail_1905295.jpg","/articles/6342369/Idaho/Idaho-agriculture-officials-outline-expanded-quagga-mussel-detections-and-large-scale-2024-treatment-on-MidSnake-River","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6342369-5852d2df73c1d48bb642595bbd889b79/orig.mp4?Expires=1771045262&Signature=b5RngDH3bvXpC9D2GMYC4JIpFmSCPHgbGHOemwuBAH0o3K1QWzXiDlsTB6HUOkGcvy88SKxX4FZv~peeUX4WW83A~Y9P5fKzq5LK~R0nKH-eXyI6KO7Q27pzFwHj2AqQ0ptFy4Rqzk7e1~UhLjWDjhzYTUd8v1ONlRlqimplJijyUIHV~uEFLaTsLH8M81WDA~-8Lyc4bUMJsP-ZX~-ISoMxsMf-WYJ2VmzBmp43OyxHAbNaQGk~ALDL3xCr4DQpYDNU1CHhWcSgQhP1vLQVRh1htkUsIzfBcKKMQ7HkqOQoC6lDI9X2OTA5ZN9tgRiLzaaxujxRI6~d0vYqyZkGAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the agency found limited quagga mussel veligers in the Mid‑Snake River and deployed a larger, more deliberate treatment in 2024 than in 2023.

\"We are going to marry the best available science and the best data we can with common sense,\" Director Chanel Tewaal, Idaho State Department of Agriculture, told the committee as she described the agency's response under the state's Invasive Species Act of 2008. Tewaal said Idaho has doubled statewide sampling and increased watercraft inspections by about 50% since the agency briefed lawmakers last year.

Nick Zervflo, bureau chief for ISDA's invasive species program, described the 2024 response in technical detail. After delimiting surveys and multiple lab confirmations (including blinded visual assessments and molecular testing), the agency initiated a coordinated treatment that maintained a target concentration of 1 part per million of a chelated-copper molluscicide (a SePRO Natrix product) for an extended 200-hour treatment block. Zervflo said the 2024 operation applied roughly 63,000 gallons of product across multiple river segments and that the team began monitoring copper and downstream conditions; copper concentrations returned below baseline levels around Nov. 8.

Zervflo said ISDA used an expanded laboratory network and multiple expert reviews to reduce false positives from environmental DNA (eDNA) and to confirm veliger detections. He emphasized that eDNA signals indicate \"smoke\" but not always \"fire,\" and that visual or molecular confirmation and follow-up sampling are required to determine viability.

Tewaal and Zervflo described logistical complexity: calibrating flow and bathymetry, coordinating with Idaho Power and federal agencies, staging hundreds of 275-gallon applicator totes distributed with help from private partners, and using helicopters and contractors to access remote pools. Tewaal acknowledged fish mortality occurred during treatment and said the agency chose transparency: the agency publicly reported mortality, coordinated with Office of Species Conservation and federal partners, and is monitoring environmental impacts.

Committee members asked about timing for continued monitoring; Zervflo said sampling in the Mid‑Snake typically resumes in May–June, when water temperatures rise into spawning range and veligers are detectable. Tewaal said ISDA's public monitoring dashboard lists sample points, dates and results and is available for public review.

No committee vote was required for the presentation, but members praised the agency's transparency and the professionalism of the response team. ISDA said it will continue sampling and is planning resource and policy options should further detections occur in 2025.","The Idaho State Department of Agriculture briefed the Senate Agriculture Committee on 2024 quagga mussel detections in the Mid‑Snake River, the state'led 2024 treatment (about 63,000 gallons of chelated copper applied over 200 hours at 1 ppm), expanded sampling and lab confirmation, and plans to resume sampling in May'June.","actionData","errors"]

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'Free the Chicken' bill advances out of Senate Agriculture Committee; allows homeowners and HOAs to permit hens

Idaho Bean Commission asks panel to print RS31817 to raise checkoff assessment

Senate Agriculture Committee approves printing of fence-clarifying RS32111

Idaho agriculture officials outline expanded quagga mussel detections and large-scale 2024 treatment on Mid‑Snake River