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House State Affairs hearing on HB 85 draws extensive public testimony; motion to send bill to floor fails 7-7
Summary
House Bill 85 would change the initiative process to insert a gubernatorial presentment and a supermajority threshold in some cases; the committee heard extensive public testimony and debated before a tie vote (7-7) failed to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Representative Bruce Skog presented House Bill 85 to the House State Affairs Committee, describing a proposal to modify Idaho's initiative process by allowing gubernatorial presentment and inserting a supermajority requirement in some cases.
Skog said the bill would make the initiative process "subject to the presentment to the governor for possible veto," arguing that the change would provide an additional check in cases where initiatives become effective while the legislature is out of session. He described the change as intended to prevent rapid…
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