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Idaho House introduces wide slate of bills, approves journal and returns HB42 to committee
Summary
At its Feb. 4, 2025 session, the Idaho House of Representatives approved the previous day's journal, received committee reports listing dozens of newly filed bills on topics from insurance to Medicaid expansion, agreed by unanimous consent to return House Bill 42 to committee, and adjourned until Feb. 5.
The Idaho House of Representatives met Feb. 4, 2025, in Boise and, with 66 members present, approved the journal of the 29th legislative day, received committee reports listing dozens of newly filed bills, agreed by unanimous consent to return House Bill 42 to the Education Committee at the sponsor's request, and adjourned until 11 a.m. on Feb. 5, 2025.
The actions outlined the Legislature's early priorities for the session. Committee chairs reported the filing and referral of a large number of bills covering workers' compensation, insurance law changes, health and welfare matters, licensing and regulatory cleanups, land‑use and property tax exemptions, and proposals affecting absentee voting and daylight saving time.
Among the measures read into the record were bills described by committee staff as: an amendment to workers' compensation medical‑examination provisions (House Bill 115); a multi‑section set of insurance code technical corrections and repeals (House Bill 116); a new chapter establishing insurance data security requirements (House Bill 117); bills to repeal or revise professional licensing chapters for genetic counselors, certified shorthand reporters, barbers and cosmetology provisions, and other licensing cleanups (House Bills 118–124 and related filings); proposals affecting grizzly bear delisting memorials to Congress and the Corporate Transparency Act memorial (House Joint Memorials 3 and 4); and several public‑health and Medicaid items, including a bill that would condition implementation of Medicaid expansion on specified notifications and termination triggers (House Bill 138 in committee text). The committee reports also placed many of those bills on the second‑ or third‑reading calendars or referred them to specific standing committees for further consideration.
By unanimous consent, Speaker recognition returned House Bill 42 to the Education Committee at the sponsor's request; the clerk recorded no objection. Earlier in the session Representative Skogg moved to approve the journal of the previous legislative day; Representative Gannon seconded the motion, and the House voice vote approved the journal. The House then moved to adjourn at the close of the session; the motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and the House recessed until the listed time on Feb. 5.
The floor also included brief ceremonial items and announcements: Chaplain Tom Doherty offered the invocation; Ella Thompson, a House page from Nampa High School, led the Pledge of Allegiance; a fourth‑grade class from Whittier Elementary attended as guests; representatives of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and United Way were welcomed to the gallery; and national insurance groups in town — the National Association of Brokers and Insurance Professionals (NABIP) and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) — provided a noon meal in the first rotunda for legislators and staff.
No substantive floor debate on the listed bills or recorded roll‑call votes on substantive measures occurred during this session; committee chairs filed the bills for referral and printing, moving them into the next procedural steps of committee consideration or placement on reading calendars. Several standing committees announced future meeting dates and times for consideration of assigned legislation. The session closed after routine announcements and the adjournment motion.
