Votes at a glance: key Senate floor outcomes, March 12, 2025

This item summarizes key roll-call votes and committee actions taken by the Idaho Senate on March 12, 2025. It focuses on formal final actions and committee reports recorded on the floor.

Votes and final outcomes - Senate Bill 11 53 (special license plate for USS Idaho): Passed the Senate, roll-call reported 31 in favor, 3 against, 1 absent. The bill will be transmitted to the House. - Senate Bill 11 47 (outcomes-based education funding pilot): Passed the Senate, roll-call 22 in favor, 13 opposed; transmitted to the House. - Senate Bill 11 59 (trailer to House Bill 206; EMS funds and county accountability): Passed the Senate, roll-call 33 in favor, 0 against with 2 absent; transmitted to the House. - Senate Bill 11 65 (enhancement appropriation to Health & Welfare — behavioral health): Passed the Senate, roll-call 22 in favor, 12 opposed, 1 absent; transmitted to the House. - Senate Bill 11 46 (oil and gas conservation commission membership qualifications): Passed the Senate, roll-call 33 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 absent; transmitted to the House. - House Bill 16 (charity exhibition fights—"Freedom Fight Night"): Failed final passage in the Senate, roll-call 14 in favor, 21 opposed; returned to the House. - House Bill 146 (wind-energy ADLS requirement): Passed the Senate as amended, roll-call 18 in favor, 15 opposed, 2 absent; returned to the House.

Committee and procedural actions - Committee of the Whole considered a large set of bills in the fourteenth order and reported several measures back to the floor; specific items reported included Senate Bill 10 96 (as amended), Senate Bills 11 40 1 and 11 40 9 (incorporated in committee reports), Senate Bill 11 33 and House Bill 2 43 (returned as amended). - Senate used a motion to reconsider and then referred Senate Bill 11 24 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment (motions carried on recorded votes). - Several joint memorials, resolutions and rule reviews were adopted (including SR 107 recognizing daily prayer practice; House Joint Memorial 4; HCR 7; HCR 11; HCR 14; SR 110). See committee journals for text and next steps.

What this means The Senate approved a mix of policy and budget items (behavioral health enhancement, EMS trailer bill, education funding pilot) and enacted or advanced measures affecting energy siting, licensing plates, and occupational rules. A controversial utility/wildfire bill (SB 11 24) was returned to amendment order for further stakeholder work.

Source: Idaho Senate floor proceedings, March 12, 2025.