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Committee approves big-game rules but excepts two subsections over constitutional concerns
Summary
Rep. Shepherd presented Docket No. 13-0108-2401 on big-game taking rules; Rep. Boyle moved to approve the docket except for Section 410(g) and (h), citing potential conflicts with the Idaho Constitution and Idaho Code; the motion carried by voice vote.
Docket No. 13-0108-2401, governing the taking of big game animals, was presented to the House Resources & Conservation Committee and approved with exceptions on March 24, 2026. Rep. Shepherd told the committee the rule was properly before them; Rep. Boyle moved to approve the docket but except Section 410, subsection (g) and (h), citing a potential conflict with Article I, Section 23 of the Idaho Constitution and Idaho Code §§36-201 and 36-103. The committee carried the motion by voice vote.
Chairman Mendive had turned the gavel over to Vice Chairman Shepherd for administrative rules consideration; after the docket motion carried, Vice Chairman Shepherd returned the gavel to the chair. The minutes record the committee taking no further business and adjourning at 8:09 a.m.
The minutes do not record a roll-call vote or statements from opponents of the docket; the exception of the two subsections was specifically noted by Rep. Boyle as the reason for the modified approval.
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