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Senate committee recommends confirmation, approves water bills and clears multiple rule dockets; one grazing‑lease rule subsection struck
Summary
The committee recommended confirmation of Courtney Littler to the Idaho Parks and Recreation Board, sent several water bills forward and approved a package of pending rule dockets. Members also voted to strike a subsection of IDAPA 20.03.14 (section 50, subsection 2) after livestock‑industry concerns about lease certainty.
The committee took a series of procedural and substantive votes, including recommending gubernatorial confirmation for a Parks and Recreation appointment, advancing multiple water‑policy bills to the floor and approving a slate of pending administrative rules.
At the start of the session the committee moved to send the gubernatorial appointment of Courtney Littler of Rexburg to the floor with a recommendation that he be confirmed. Senator Cook moved the recommendation and the motion was seconded; a voice vote carried the recommendation.
Major bill actions
- Senate Bill 10‑64 (cloud seeding): Moved to the fourteenth order for possible amendment (mover: Senator Harris; second: Senator Hart). The motion passed by voice vote. - Senate Bill 10‑82 (irrigation‑district lien priority): The committee sent SB 10‑82 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a presentation from Paul Arrington of the Idaho Water Users Association (mover: Senator Cook; second: Senator Taylor). Motion carried by voice vote. - Senate Bill 10‑84 (forfeiture clock for water rights in the water supply bank): The committee…
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