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House approves journal, introduces and refers multiple bills to committees
Summary
On Jan. 31, 2025, the House approved its journal, received messages from the Senate and introduced or referred more than a dozen bills to standing committees, including measures on driver's licenses, militia rules, open meetings and veterinary practice rules.
The House of Representatives approved the journal of the 25th legislative day and, during its Jan. 31, 2025 session, received messages from the Senate and introduced or referred more than a dozen bills to standing committees.
The approvals and referrals set committee review for a range of subjects, including motor vehicle driver's licenses, militia and military affairs, open meetings law, building codes, veterinary practice rules and county fair board authority. Several bills were filed for third reading, and the House agreed by unanimous consent to hold at least one bill’s place on the third-reading calendar until Feb. 3.
The journal approval was moved by Representative Skog and seconded by Representative Gannon; the House voted by voice and the motion passed. The clerk reported 54 members present and 16 absent and excused at roll call.
House actions on introduced measures included: - House Bill 99 (Transportation and Defense Committee): an act relating to motor vehicle driver's licenses, amending section 49307, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding parent/student road drivers training and make technical corrections; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 99 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 100 (Transportation and Defense Committee): an act relating to militia and military affairs, amending section 4061102 (as read) Idaho Code to revise definitions and nonjudicial punishment provisions and make technical corrections; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 100 was filed for first reading on the calendar.
- House Bill 101 (Transportation and Defense Committee): an act relating to abandonment and vacation of county highways or public rights of way, amending section 4203, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding abandonment of certain rights of way; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 101 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 102 (Local Government Committee): an act relating to recreational districts, amending section 314320 (as read) Idaho Code to revise provisions regarding petitions for dissolution of recreation districts; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 102 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 103 (Local Government Committee): an act relating to the open meetings law, amending section 74204, Idaho Code, to establish provisions regarding multiple action items on an agenda; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 103 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 104 (Local Government Committee): an act relating to building codes, amending section 394116 (as read) Idaho Code to define a term; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 104 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 105 (Agricultural Affairs Committee): an act relating to veterinary practices, amending section 542113, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding corporate veterinary practices; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 105 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Bill 106 (Agricultural Affairs Committee): an act relating to county fair boards, repealing section 22202, Idaho Code, relating to the designation of county fair boards as an advisory body and adding a new section 22202a to establish provisions regarding advisory fair boards; declared an emergency and providing an effective date. HB 106 was referred to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
The clerk also read multiple other committee reports and referrals: several bills (listed on the clerk’s reading) were referred to Resource and Conservation, Business, Health and Welfare, Revenue and Taxation, and State Affairs committees as appropriate. From the Senate, the clerk transmitted Senate Bill 1019 (as read), an act creating a new section in chapter 33, title 18, Idaho Code, concerning false reports of violence or emergency; the House referred SB 1019 to the Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee.
By unanimous consent the House agreed to hold House Bill 42’s place on the third-reading calendar until Monday, Feb. 3. The House also granted unanimous consent to count members of the Appropriations Committee as present for the day. The chamber adjourned following a motion to recess until 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2025; the motion was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.
No floor debate on the listed bills was recorded in the transcript excerpt; committee referral and printing instructions were the primary actions taken during the session.
