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Senate State Affairs committee sends appointments and bills to print; several confirmations, reappointments scheduled
Summary
The committee voted to send two gubernatorial appointments to the Senate floor with favorable recommendations and to send four proposed bills/requests (RS) to print for drafting; minutes were approved unanimously.
The Senate State Affairs Committee considered multiple gubernatorial appointments and legislative requests at the hearing and took several formal committee actions.
Confirmed to send to the Senate floor with a recommendation for confirmation: - George Lynch, gubernatorial appointment to the Idaho Energy Resource Authority — motion carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded. - Thomas Wilford, gubernatorial reappointment to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board — motion carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded.
Bills and requests sent to print (committee authorization to draft/print proposals): - RS31839 (proposed repeal/amend of section 18-3309 Idaho Code regarding concealed weapons at public colleges and universities) — motion to send to print carried by voice vote. - RS31840 (proposed repeal of Idaho Code 46-802, prohibition on unorganized militias and public parading with firearms) — motion to send to print carried by voice vote. - RS31874 (proposed chapter 73, title 39 — would state the World Health Organization has no jurisdiction with respect to state public health) — motion to send to print carried by voice vote. - RS31877 (request that the legislative council appoint a committee to investigate the state government's COVID-19 response; Senate concurrent resolution) — motion to send to print carried; Senator Harris asked to be recorded as voting no.
Other committee actions: - Minutes of Jan. 10, 2025 — approved unanimously.
Where recorded, votes were voice votes and no detailed tallies were provided in the hearing transcript. The committee chair announced that several nominations that were presented earlier in the session (including Timothy J. Donnellan, Scott Madison, Thomas Mello, Patricia Perkins, and Andrew Rulanandam) would be taken up for confirmation votes at the next committee meeting, likely Monday.
Speakers recorded during motions and votes include Senator Harris (mover on some motions), Senator Berndt, Senator Burns, Senator Shippey, Senator Anton, Senator Hartog, and the committee chair.
