Idaho Senate adopts amendments to five bills in committee of the whole; sends measures to Judiciary and Rules

The Idaho Senate’s committee of the whole on Feb. 13 adopted amendments to five bills and reported those measures to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for engrossing and printing.

The action moves Senate Bill 1027 (transparency and financial services), Senate Bill 1023 (Idaho Medical Freedom Act), Senate Bill 1030 (attorneys and counselors at law), Senate Bill 1042 (rental application fees), and Senate Bill 1025 (public education provisions) forward after the committee approved a series of targeted amendments and then the full Senate adopted the committee report.

The committee considered an amendment to Senate Bill 1027 that its sponsor described as a single-word insertion. Senator Daniel Anthon, sponsor of the amendment, said, “Have you ever seen such a simple amendment? 1 word added to the bill. This is a debanking bill. It's a lit this is adding to the list of businesses that cannot be used to debank, and it adds 1 word, a a business that uses knives.” The committee adopted that amendment by voice vote and later moved to report SB 1027 as amended.

Senator Grant Foreman spoke about changes to Senate Bill 1023, saying, “The amendment to section 3 of senate bill 10 23 deletes lines 9 through 11 of the bill and adds text to sub paragraph 3. This adds an expanded definition of the term medical intervention. This amendment was done to broaden and clarify the definition to refine the…