The House Environment, Energy and Technology Committee convened an organizational meeting and introduced its student page, committee secretary and a Legislative Services Office research fellow, and directed a research project to clarify distinctions between chemtrails, contrails and cloud seeding.

Lincoln Hendricks, a senior at Nampa High, was introduced as the committee’s page. “My name is Lincoln Hendricks. I’m a senior at Nampa High,” Hendricks said, adding he is ASB president and participates on his school’s FFA vet science team.

Wendy Carver Herbert was announced as the committee secretary for the session. “This is the 6th session that I have worked,” Carver Herbert said, offering to help members access committee materials and navigate the building.

Dr. Kalyn Casey, introduced as a research science policy fellow with the Legislative Services Office, told members she will perform nonpartisan research for the legislature and can review legislative histories, past committee actions, budget questions with LSO budget staff, other states’ policies and peer‑reviewed literature. “As a fellow, I perform non partisan research for anyone in the legislature,” Dr. Casey said.

Chairman Barbieri told the committee he had asked Dr. Casey to do a confidential research project “with respect to distinguishing between chemtrails, contrails, and cloud seeding.” “We’re going to let her do some research on that and see if we can’t come up with some kind of distinction,” he said. Dr. Casey confirmed she will adhere to LSO confidentiality rules and that research requested of her will remain confidential unless the requester asks that it be shared.

During the discussion, another representative said they had already asked Janet Jessup in the budget office to collect related information because of constituent inquiries and suggested the chair consult that material.

The committee also took routine organizational steps, including naming Representative Fuhrman and Representative Egbert as committee proofreaders and noting that committee materials will be provided electronically.

The meeting concluded without any formal motions or votes on policy items.