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Rep. Shirts advances H 896 after opposition from Association of Idaho Cities
Summary
The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted to send H 896 to the House floor with a DO PASS recommendation after testimony in opposition and detailed committee questioning about scope, exemptions, fines and safeguards.
Rep. Shirts presented H 896, a bill described as addressing state law and compliance, and the House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee sent the bill to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation. Jonathan Wheatley of the Association of Idaho Cities testified in opposition to the measure.
Committee members asked for clarifications on the bill's scope, including the definition of "public officials," whether the legislative and judicial branches would be exempt, the origin of the legislation, examples of the problems the bill aims to address, the magnitude of potential fines, the fiscal note, the referral and confidentiality processes, and how to prevent political weaponization through procedural safeguards such as probable-cause or reasonable-cause thresholds. Rep. Hill moved to report the bill to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation; the motion carried by voice vote. Representatives Gannon, Mathias and Rubel requested to be recorded as voting NAY.
The committee record shows testimony in opposition but does not provide the bill's final text, specific fine amounts, or a recorded roll-call tally of all votes. Rep. Shirts was listed as the floor sponsor.
