Votes at a glance: House approves journal, sets adjournment; several bills printed or referred

Boise — The Idaho House of Representatives handled procedural business on Jan. 15, adopting the previous journal, accepting committee reports and referring several bills to committees. The House adjourned to 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

The House approved the journal of the 9th legislative day on a motion reported from the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee. The committee’s report stated the journal was read and approved “as corrected”; the motion was moved by Skogg and seconded by Gannon. The presiding officer called for the voice vote and the motion passed.

Committee reports and bill referrals

- The committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration reported that it had printed House Bill 9, House Bill 10, House Bill 11 and House Bill 12 (as stated in the committee report). House Bill 9 was referred to the Judiciary and Rules Administration Committee; House Bill 10 was referred to the Education Committee; House Bill 12 was referred to the State Affairs Committee (per the clerk’s readout). The transcript does not supply full bill titles or sponsors for HB 9–12.

- The clerk read summaries for House Bill 13 and House Bill 14. House Bill 13 (by the Transportation and Defense Committee) is described in the transcript as an act amending a section of the Idaho Code related to rules of the road and safety helmet requirements and declaring an emergency. House Bill 14 (by the State Affairs Committee) is described as an Idaho Code cleanup act adding a new chapter 37 to Title 67 and declaring an emergency. The transcript records that House Bill 13 and House Bill 14 were referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing.

Adjournment and scheduling

A motion to adjourn the House until 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, was moved (speaker not identified in the transcript) and seconded by the representative identified as “the lady from 18.” The presiding officer called for the voice vote; the motion passed and the House adjourned until the stated time.

Procedural notes

- Where the transcript records “without objection,” the House advanced or referred items by unanimous consent; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for those referrals. - At roll call earlier in the session the clerk recorded 65 present and 5 absent and excused; the transcript does not give numeric tallies for the voice votes used to pass the journal or to adjourn.

Ending

The House’s next scheduled committee meetings were read into the record and the House returned to its calendar following the chief justice’s remarks.