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House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, questioned the “non-severability” clause in SB 1222, the sweeping final budget bill. “This seems to fly in direct conflict with the Idaho Constitution,” Bedke told the House. “I think style points should be granted here for attempting to override the constitution and keep the gentleman in the Borah Post Office from vetoing this bill.” He asked what happened in JFAC that “justified” the clause. Rep. Wendy Jaquet, D-Ketchum, the bill’s floor sponsor - no House Republicans voted for it in the joint committee, responded, “I think there was a consensus around most of the points in the bill, and that’s why they wanted it to go forward as a package.” When the Senate debated the bill, Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, said the clause is constitutional - the governor can exercise his line-item veto on any line in the bill, but the statutory clause then means the whole bill dies.
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