Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Legislative Process topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Senate committee reports, bill referrals and gubernatorial appointments advanced or held for one legislative day
Summary
Senate committee reports on Jan. 22 listed printing and referrals for multiple Senate and House bills, recommended a do-pass on SB1006, referred introduced bills to committees for printing, and held several gubernatorial appointments for one legislative day.
The Idaho Senate on Wednesday read committee reports and advanced several introductory and referral actions across multiple standing committees.
The Judiciary and Rules Committee reported that Senate bills 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015 and 1016 had been correctly printed and referred SB1011–SB1013 to the Resources and Environment Committee, SB1014–SB1015 to the Health and Welfare Committee, and SB1016 to the Agricultural Affairs Committee. Chairman Lakey presented that report on the floor.
The Commerce and Human Resources Committee reported out Senate Bill 1006 with recommendation that it "do pass"; the committee chair noted the bill would be placed on the second-reading calendar. The Education Committee reported it had considered two gubernatorial appointments: Sean Keogh to the State Board of Education (term to expire 07/01/2029) and Wallace Hedrick to the Public Charter School Commission (term to expire 05/12/2027); the committee recommended confirmation and referred the appointments to the tenth order and held them for one legislative day.
The Health and Welfare Committee reported gubernatorial appointments of Dennis Leakem and Lance Bolen to the Board of Environmental Quality (terms to expire 07/01/2028); the committee recommended confirmation and the appointments were referred to the tenth order and held for one legislative day. The State Affairs Committee reported consideration of Lori Wolf as Administrative Division of Financial Management appointee (term at the pleasure of the governor) and Matthew Whittington to the Idaho State Racing Commission (term to expire 01/15/2030); the committee recommended confirmation and the appointments were referred to the tenth order and held for one legislative day.
On first reading, the Senate introduced bills SB1017 (Education Committee) — revising provisions on self-directed learner designations and reimbursement — and SB1018 (Commerce and Human Resources Committee) — relating to fingerprint-based criminal history checks for counselors and therapists — and referred them to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. The Senate also received House Bills 6 and 7 from the House; the chief clerk reported HB6 and HB7 had passed the House and the chamber referred HB6 to State Affairs and HB7 to Judiciary and Rules for introduction.
These items were procedural and did not require a floor roll-call vote at the time they were reported or referred. Several appointments were explicitly "held for one legislative day," per the clerk and committee chairs, meaning final consideration will be scheduled on a subsequent day under Senate rules.
