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Committee approves measures to authorize subpoena enforcement in administrative hearings
Summary
House Bill 36 would add procedures and an enforcement mechanism to allow subpoenas issued in administrative contested‑case hearings to be enforced; the committee voted to send the bill to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Senator James Ruckde presented House Bill 36 to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee and described it as a technical but important update to administrative contested‑case procedure that fills a long‑standing gap in Idaho law.
The bill clarifies how administrative law judges and hearing officers may issue subpoenas in contested administrative cases and provides an enforcement mechanism when a subpoena is disobeyed. Brian Nichols,…
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