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Senator Adams introduces RS 32980, a proposed constitutional amendment on public land; committee sends it to print
Summary
Senator Adams presented a proposed constitutional amendment on public land, said he sought broad public feedback statewide, and the Senate State Affairs committee voted to send RS 32980 to print for further hearings and stakeholder input.
Senator Adams introduced RS 32980, a proposed constitutional amendment addressing public land, and the Senate State Affairs committee voted to send the proposal to print for further review.
“Earlier this year or last year in August, I did something a little unconventional. I took language for a proposed constitutional amendment, and rather than keeping it to myself, I put it out in the public and I gave it to the public,” Adams said, describing months of stakeholder meetings across North, East, Central and Southwest Idaho. He said the public input shaped subsequent revisions: “We cleaned it up. We made it work.”
Senator Rupte said she will vote to introduce the RS but asked the committee to ensure that the hearing process includes tribes, conservation organizations and the Farm Bureau, and requested information on the fiscal implications if the state were to manage lands acquired from the federal government. The chair moved the RS to print, and the motion carried.
What happens next: Sending an RS to print is a procedural step that makes the text available for formal hearings; the committee and staff will accept stakeholder testimony and fiscal analysis before further committee action or a floor referral.
