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Idaho House advances prayer resolution and passes a package of bills on midwifery, DMV records, mobile registration and water oversight
Summary
The Idaho House on Feb. 19 adopted a concurrent resolution encouraging a day of fasting and prayer and passed multiple bills: an update to the midwifery statute, consolidation of DMV records, authorization to show vehicle registration on phones, transfer of the Soil & Water Conservation Commission, and a PERSI 401(k) technical update.
The Idaho House of Representatives on Feb. 19 adopted a concurrent resolution encouraging observance of a day of fasting and prayer and passed a slate of bills addressing health-care practice rules, motor-vehicle administration, conservation oversight and retirement-plan language.
House Concurrent Resolution 28, which the sponsor described as urging Idahoans to observe March 1 as a day of fasting and prayer and to seek guidance for public leaders, was placed at the top of the third-reading calendar by unanimous-consent request and carried by voice vote. The sponsor said the resolution also asks for “abundant moisture to replenish our water supplies.” The House approved the title and will transmit the concurrent resolution to the Senate.
On policy measures, the House passed House Bill 6-39, which backers described as an update to Idaho’s midwifery statute first enacted in 2009. Lawmaker…
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