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Committee actions: HB 395, HB 356 advanced; HB 344 held; RS 32-659 and SB 1037 moved
Summary
After hearings, the House State Affairs Committee advanced several measures and took procedural actions: HB 395 and HB 356 were sent to the House floor with committee recommendations; House Bill 344 was held in committee; RS 32-659 was introduced and sent to second reading; Senate Bill 1037, a code cleanup, was sent to the floor with a due-pass.
The House State Affairs Committee took several procedural and final actions during the session.
- House Bill 395 (ratepayer protection for large energy users): After testimony from utilities, industry, farmers and community groups, the committee sent HB 395 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation on a substitute motion (mover: Representative Dygaard). The committee asked utilities to supply follow-up information on rates, special-contract terms and customer-class impacts.
- House Bill 356 (foreign-adversary divestment in specified training footprints): Sponsor Representative Ted Hill presented the bill and the Idaho Air National Guard provided training-range context. The committee sent HB 356 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation (mover: Representative Alfieri) on a voice vote.
- House Bill 344 (disaster emergency timing language): Committee voted to hold HB 344 in committee on a motion by Representative Scott.
- RS 32-659 (revises language allowing disaster emergencies related to fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes or invasive species): Committee introduced RS 32-659 and sent it to second reading after a motion to introduce and send to second reading carried.
- Senate Bill 1037 (code cleanup related to unclaimed property and veterans disbursement): Representative Shirts described the change as technical cleanup of last year's unclaimed property revisions; the committee sent SB 1037 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Votes recorded in the transcript were voice votes; the committee chair announced outcomes but numeric tallies were not recorded in the hearing transcript.
