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Committee approves minutes, sends several requests-to-print and RS items to print
Summary
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved minutes for Feb. 20 and Feb. 23 and referred three request-sessions (RS) — including an IHFA transparency request and a Farragut State Park lease alternative — to print on voice votes during its Feb. 27 meeting.
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved its minutes for Feb. 20 and Feb. 23 and referred multiple RS items to print during the Feb. 27 meeting in Room WW55.
Senator Toews moved and Senator Harris seconded approval of the Feb. 20 minutes; Senator Den Hartog moved and Senator Bernt seconded approval of the Feb. 23 minutes. Both motions carried by voice vote.
Senator Galloway introduced RS 33313C1, a proposal to require the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) to disclose where federal housing and emergency solution grant funds are allocated, how the money is spent and what outcomes resulted. Senator Den Hartog moved to send RS 33313C1 to print and the motion carried by voice vote.
Senator Okuniewicz presented RS 33525, which codifies a 2023 direction for the Idaho Fish and Game Commission involving land purchase and offers an alternative lease when federal agencies could not agree on a retail price; Senator Harris moved to send the request to print and the motion carried by voice vote.
Senator Kohl described RS 33341 as a trigger bill intended to protect possession and transactions involving machine guns if a federal ban is repealed or overturned; Senator Anthon moved to send it to print and the motion carried by voice vote.
The committee recessed after handling these procedural items before taking up several bills with extended testimony and debate later in the session.
