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Votes at a glance: bills the Idaho Senate passed April 2
Summary
The Senate recorded final-floor action on multiple appropriations and policy trailer bills on April 2. This roundup lists each bill that received a floor vote in the transcript, the reported outcome, and the session note about next steps.
The Idaho Senate recorded votes or final action on several bills during the April 2 session. Below are the items that the floor transcript records as having been decided and the floor-reported tallies or outcomes.
Votes and outcomes (as recorded in the Senate session transcript) - House Bill 3-98 (lobbying recodification): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 27 in favor, 8 against. (Sponsor: Senator Anthony) - Senate Bill 11-25 (constitutional defense counsel assistance): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 29 in favor, 6 against. (Sponsor: Senator Sarah Foreman) - Senate Bill 12-13 (appropriation to support statewide literacy/science-of-reading training): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 22 in favor, 11 against (with two absences noted in roll-call sequence). (Sponsor: Senator Cook) - Senate Bill 12-14 (appropriation to Public Utilities Commission for wildfire-standard implementation staffing): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 28 in favor, 7 against. (Sponsor: Senator Woodward) - Senate Bill 12-15 (Millennium Income Fund appropriations — tobacco settlement-related programs): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 26 in favor, 9 against. (Sponsor: Senator Woodward) - House Bill 4-68 (appropriation to Industrial Commission maintenance and positions): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 24 in favor, 11 against. (Sponsor: Senator Woodward) - House Bill 4-69 (appropriation to Idaho Transportation Department; Techum/transportation fund increase): Passed the Senate by unanimous recorded tally (35-0 as reported on floor). (Sponsor: Senator Wintrow) - House Bill 4-39 (maintenance appropriation for Department of Administration): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 32 in favor, 3 against. (Sponsor: Senator Galloway) - House Bill 4-57 (sales-tax exemption for animal-rescue adoptions / related tax provisions): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 35 in favor, 0 against. (Sponsor: Senator Galloway) - House Bill 3-55 (property-tax deferral and related tax provisions as amended in Senate): Passed the Senate; floor-reported tally 35 in favor, 0 against. (Sponsor: Senator Bierke)
Notes and context - Several of the items above were considered as "trailer" or appropriation bills tied to policy measures already passed; the Senate transcript shows unanimous-consent requests to dispense with further reading in many cases before final roll calls. - Where the Senate floor transcript reported paired votes or individual recorded votes, the floor journal should be consulted for full roll-call lists and any corrections.
What to watch next - Bills that passed the Senate are recorded as transmitted to the House of Representatives or to the governor as appropriate in the session transcript. For the official record and full roll-call lists, consult the Senate Journal and the Idaho Legislature’s website.
