Senate Health and Welfare committee sends three gubernatorial appointees to Senate floor

The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Tuesday to send three gubernatorial appointments to the full Senate for confirmation.

Madam Chair called for a motion to consider the reappointment of BJ Singer to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Senator Melissa Wintrow moved to send Singerto the floor with a recommendation he be confirmed; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. "All those in favor, say aye," the chair said and members responded "Aye." The committee took similar voice-vote actions to forward Trevor Sparrow as ombudsman for the Office of Health and Social Services and the reappointment of Elizabeth Ellroy to the Board of Environmental Quality.

The committee held no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript and recorded no recorded nay votes on these items. Each nomination was moved, seconded and advanced by voice vote.

Why it matters: Sending these nominations to the Senate floor moves them to the next step in the confirmation process; the committee did not debate the nominees at length during this meeting and did not record detailed roll-call votes in the transcript.

Committee action and procedure: For BJ Singer, Senator Melissa Wintrow moved the recommendation; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. For Trevor Sparrow, Senator Blaylock moved approval and Senator Seiferfeld seconded; the motion advanced by voice vote. For Elizabeth Ellroy, Senator Wintrow moved to recommend confirmation and Senator Bjerke seconded; the motion advanced by voice vote.

No additional testimony, written reports, or substantive debate about the nominees appears in the meeting transcript. The committee adjourned after completing these and other agenda items.