Idaho House approves journal, files and refers multiple bills for committee review; adjourns to Jan. 27

The Idaho House of Representatives on Jan. 24, 2025 approved the journal for the 18th legislative day, received committee reports that printed and filed a series of bills and memorials for further committee consideration, granted unanimous-consent requests on procedural items, and adjourned until 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27.

The approval of the journal was moved by Representative Skogg and seconded by Representative Gannon; the Speaker announced the motion carried after a voice vote. The clerk reported 50 members present and 20 absent and excused at the start of the session.

Committee reporters read into the record committee actions and bill summaries. The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee reported House Joint Memorial 2, House Resolution 1, House Concurrent Resolution 5 and a series of bills (including House Bills 40–45) and recommended calendar placement and referrals: for example, House Resolution 1 and House Bill 41 were filed for second-reading calendar; House Joint Memorial 2 was referred to the Environment and Technology Committee; House Concurrent Resolution 5 and House Bill 45 were referred to the State Affairs Committee; House Bill 40 was referred to the Revenue and Taxation Committee; and several bills (listed in the committee report as HB 42, 43 and 44) were referred to the Education Committee.

A separate set of bills (House Bills 46–60) were read by the clerk with short descriptions entered into the record. Highlights from those summaries, as read, included: - HB46: Amendments to Idaho Code §18-15-10 concerning exemptions for certain violations by licensed children's residential care facilities, registered children's institutions and behavioral health youth crisis centers providing emergency runaway services. - HB47: Amendments to Idaho Code §39-2-58 relating to release of adoption information to adoptees. - HB48: Changes to concealed-weapon instruction requirements in Idaho Code §18-33-02. - HB49: Addition of a new chapter in Title 20 establishing provisions regarding safety, privacy and covered entities. - HB50–HB52: Measures relating to public works and professional service contracts (citations read as amendments to sections in chapter 67 of Idaho code). - HB53–HB55: Multiple employment-security and public-employee retirement-system provisions spanning Title 72 and Title 59. - HB58: Amendment and repeal language touching Medicaid eligibility expansion provisions cited as section 56-2-67 and related code sections. - HB59: A proposed "medical ethics defense" measure adding a new chapter to Title 54. - HB60: Provisions related to sudden cardiac arrest prevention and school policies in Title 33.

After those bills were read, the Speaker announced referral and printing instructions for several measures; a portion of the transcript records that bills (identified in shorthand as 46–60 and other bill numbers) were to be referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing. The House also filed House Bill 35 (information-technology services) and House Joint Memorial 1 for placement on the third-reading calendar.

On procedural motions by unanimous consent, the House agreed to return House Bill 10 to the Education Committee at the sponsor's request, and later agreed to count a member of the Appropriations Committee as present for the day's session. Both requests were granted after the Speaker asked for objections and none were heard.

The House made several scheduling announcements: multiple standing committees were listed as not meeting on Friday, Jan. 24, and several committees were scheduled to meet Monday, Jan. 27 (for example, Appropriations and other standing panels; times and rooms were read into the record). The House adopted a motion to adjourn until 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27; the motion was seconded, carried by voice vote and the Speaker closed the session.

No floor debate on the bills read into the record is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; the actions taken on Jan. 24 were procedural (reading of bills, referrals, calendar placements, and scheduling).