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Senate Commerce Committee advances two bills, forwards gubernatorial appointment recommendation

2473826 · February 4, 2025
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The Idaho Senate Commerce Committee on Jan. 28 voted to send two committee-sponsored RS drafts to print and forwarded a gubernatorial appointment to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation. The committee also approved minutes from its Jan. 28 meeting.

The Senate Commerce Committee on Jan. 28 voted to send RS 32,039 and RS 31,780 to print, forwarded a gubernatorial appointment to the Senate floor with a recommendation for confirmation, and approved the committee minutes.

Senator Mark Harris presented RS 32,039, describing the draft as a change to how interchange fees are calculated for electronic card transactions. "What this bill does is it excludes the state and local sales taxes and gratuities from the calculation of the amount on the interchange," Senator Harris said, explaining the measure would direct card networks to either deduct those amounts or rebate them proportionately to the…

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