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Sen. Foreman seeks legislative committee to study Idaho’s COVID response; RS31877 sent to print
Summary
Sen. Dan Foreman introduced RS31877 to request a legislative study of the Idaho state government's COVID-19 response; the committee sent the request to print and discussed funding and a potential Attorney General review.
Sen. Dan Foreman asked the Senate State Affairs Committee on Jan. 17 to approve RS31877, which requests that the Legislative Council appoint a committee to investigate Idaho state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreman said the resolution is intended as an after-action review to identify lessons for future pandemic preparedness and emphasized it would not be used to assign blame.
Foreman said the goal is to learn from past experience and improve readiness; he compared the proposed review to military safety investigations and called for an academic, nonpartisan approach. Discussion in committee noted potential fiscal considerations for per diem or outside experts; Foreman said the study could likely be done with funds appropriated to the legislature unless outside experts are brought in.
The committee voted to send RS31877 to print. Senator Harris asked to be recorded as voting no on the motion to send it to print; the chair recorded that request and the motion carried.
