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Senate State Affairs advances multiple appointments and bills, sending measures to the floor
Summary
The Senate State Affairs committee approved gubernatorial appointments, accepted minutes, and voted to send a slate of bills and resolutions to the Senate floor or to print, including measures on agriculture protection, catering licenses, mining policy and coroner records.
The Senate State Affairs Committee convened and approved a series of routine and substantive items, sending gubernatorial appointments and multiple bills to the Senate floor or to print.
Chair opened the meeting and confirmed a quorum. The committee voted to send the governor's reappointment of Kevin Settles to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights to the full Senate with a recommendation of confirmation and similarly recommended confirmation for Jim Woodward to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board.
Committee members also approved minutes from Feb. 7 and Feb. 17, 2025. Several short measures and requests for print were moved and carried, including RS 32484 (an agriculture protection-area cleanup measure) and RS 32515 (a joint memorial regarding mining policy), and RS 32536 (a proposal related to catering liquor licenses) was sent to print for further drafting. House Bill 133, which moves longstanding rules into code without substantive change, was advanced to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
All motions were adopted by voice vote during the session; the committee adjourned after the final items were taken up.
Votes at a glance: • Reappointment of Kevin Settles (Idaho Commission on Human Rights): motion carried, sent to Senate floor with recommendation to confirm. • Appointment of Jim Woodward (Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board): motion carried, sent to Senate floor with recommendation to confirm. • RS 32484 (agriculture protection-area cleanup): sent to print. • RS 32536 (catering license concept): sent to print. • RS 32515 (mining joint memorial): sent to print. • HB 133 (codify existing rules): sent to Senate floor with due-pass recommendation.
The committee did not record any roll-call tallies in the transcript; the chair reported each motion as carried by voice vote.
