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Idaho Senate advances committee referrals, rule reviews and gubernatorial appointments; introduces several education and higher‑education bills
Summary
On Jan. 31 the Idaho Senate approved resolutions finding committee review of agency rules, referred multiple newly printed bills to committees, recorded committee recommendations, and received gubernatorial appointment notifications which were referred for committee consideration.
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Senate handled a range of routine but substantive items on Jan. 31, advancing committee referrals and receiving gubernatorial appointment notifications during the session's business orders.
The Senate read and referred two resolutions from standing committees that report committee review of administrative rules: Senate Resolution 102 (Local Government and Taxation Committee) and Senate Resolution 103 (Transportation Committee). Both resolutions report that respective committee reviews of temporary or pending agency rules have been completed and were referred to Judiciary and Rules for printing.
Committee reports read into the journal included the Judiciary and Rules Committee reporting several Senate bills correctly printed (SB 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044) with referral assignments: SB 1040 and 1041 to the Resource and Environment Committee; SB 1042 and 1043 to Judiciary and Rules; SB 1044 to Education. The Transportation Committee reported House Bill 13 out with a recommendation it be referred to the fourteenth order of business for possible amendment.
Gubernatorial appointment notifications were also read. The Transportation Committee had recommended confirmation of Robert Bloom to the Aeronautics Advisory Board (term to expire Jan. 31, 2029); that appointment was referred to the tenth order of business and held for one legislative day on the Senate floor. The Local Government and Taxation Committee reported consideration of Kenneth Noon and Lee Heinrich for the Board of Tax Appeals (terms and committee recommendation recorded); those appointments were also referred to the tenth order and held for one legislative day. The State Affairs Committee reported consideration of Joseph Forney for the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board (term to expire April 11, 2027) and recommended confirmation; that appointment likewise was referred to the tenth order and held for one legislative day.
The Senate received messages from the governor notifying reappointments; the journal includes a gubernatorial letter submitting reappointments (read as reappointment of an individual to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and another to an offender management board). The transcript record contains the names as read on the floor; the journal entries referred the reappointment for committee referral (one to Health and Welfare, the other to Judiciary and Rules). The transcript text contained a read name that appears garbled in the audio-to-text conversion; the names below are reported as read on the floor and have not been independently verified in this transcript.
Under the eleventh order the Senate introduced several education and higher‑education bills on first reading, including Senate Bills 1045 and 1046 (Education Committee) and SB 1047 and 1048 (State Affairs Committee). Titles read included an act relating to human growth and development instruction in public schools and another relating to prohibitions on diversity, equity and inclusion offices at institutions of higher education, among other items; those introduced bills were referred to Judiciary and Rules for printing.
House Bill 8 (relating to public utilities) was received from the House and referred to the State Affairs Committee. The Senate also voted to adjourn until 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3.
