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House panel advances bill to define consent calendars after split public testimony
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The House State Affairs Committee gave a do‑pass recommendation to House Bill 172, a measure that would add statutory language defining consent calendars and affirm a member's right to pull items for separate consideration; proponents said it improves transparency and opponents argued it intrudes on local control.
The Idaho House State Affairs Committee voted to give House Bill 172 a do‑pass recommendation after testimony for and against the bill. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Elaine Price, would add language in state code defining a "consent calendar" used by local governing bodies and clarifying that a single member may remove an item from the consent calendar for separate consideration.
"This is legislation to deal with consent calendars," Rep. Elaine Price said. She told the committee the measure responds to inconsistent local practice and to at least one city council that had not allowed members to pull items from a consent calendar as…
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