After spirited debate, the Senate has voted 18-16, narrowly passing HB 318 to create a special liquor license for a single small event center in each of Idaho’s established resort cities, for use only during conferences or events. The bill earlier passed the House 40-28;…
The House has recessed until 3 p.m., with the House Education Committee to meet immediately, and the House Transportation Committee to meet at 1:30. The Education Committee has a bill on charter school debt reserves; the Transportation Committee will consider whether to concur in Senate…
Legislation to end a special retirement perk for Idaho state lawmakers who take high-paying state jobs late in their careers had died without a hearing in a Senate committee. “It’s not scheduled for a hearing,” said Senate State Affairs Chairman Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa. “There’s nothing…
House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, has referred HB 312a, the Senate-amended transportation funding bill, to the House Transportation Committee. This year, Bedke has been referring amended bills to committees to consider whether or not to concur with Senate amendments, rather than just making that call...
Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell, presented the amendment to his bill, HB 95, to the Senate just now. That’s the bill to exempt materials used in public roads from the sales tax. The amendment changes the effective date of the new exemption to “July 1, 2016,…
SB 1174, the budget bill for the Idaho Transportation Department, has passed the Senate on a unanimous, 34-0 vote, with no debate. That was the last major budget bill remaining on the Senate calendar that still needs to go through the House before lawmakers adjourn…
The Senate has just agreed, by unanimous consent, to send HB 95 to the 14th Order for amendments. That bill, sponsored by Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell, is the House-passed measure that's long been hanging on the Senate calendar, to exempt road materials from the sales...
The Senate Transportation Committee has voted 6-3 in favor of HB 310, sending it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it “do pass.” Sen. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, praised Rep. Jason Monks for proposing HB 310. “We will be maybe another $10 million shorter...
Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, moved to send HB 310 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it “do pass,” and Sen. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, seconded the motion. No one chose to testify for or against the bill. Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, noted that...
Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, asked Rep. Jason Monks if Idaho would still be able to adequately fund law enforcement with his proposed $16 million fund shift away from the Idaho State Police in HB 310. He said he thought economic growth would cover that. Sen.…
Rep. Jason Monks, R-Meridian, told the Senate Transportation Committee, “I’m happy to pitch another transportation idea out there and see what we can do to help combat some of the shortfalls there with our transportation funding.” He said, “Fuel tax, really it’s a dying tax....
The Senate Transportation Committee is meeting this morning to hear HB 310, the narrowly House-passed bill to shift $16 million in gas tax funds that now go to fund the Idaho State Police to road work instead, without provision for replacing the ISP funding; and...
Let’s say that you’ve vetoed a bill But nobody knows of it still So hide and delay Or seek light of day? The difference could make it all nil.
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how Idaho senators took a $20 million road-funding bill from the House on Tuesday and turned it into a phased-in, $127 million plan, in hopes of wrapping up a legislative session that’s now the 12th…
The Senate has voted 22-13 in favor of HB 312a, the amended version of the transportation funding bill from the House. The measure now goes back to the House for possible concurrence in the amendments.
The Senate is now debating the newly amended HB 312a. From the debate: Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, said, “I would just suggest that haste makes mistakes. We first saw this bill a few hours ago. … If we pass this, my constituents will never be...
Senate Democrats tried to get HB 312a, the just-amended transportation bill, sent back to the Senate Transportation Committee for a hearing, but their move failed on a 7-27, straight party-line vote. Now, the Senate is preparing to vote on the amended bill; it’s just waiting...
The two proposed amendments to HB 312 from Senate Democrats, to allocate some funding to public transportation and to cancel proposed fee hikes for hybrid and electric vehicles, both were voted down on lopsided voice votes, which appeared to run along party lines. Then, voice...
Senate Transportation Chairman Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, is presenting his amendments now; they’re co-sponsored by Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint. They would add an additional $15 registration fee for all automobiles and trucks, on top of the increases already proposed in HB 312, raising the total amount...
Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, told the Senate that her proposed amendment to HB 312 “would free up $10 million to be used to advance mobility and transit considerations throughout the state of Idaho.” She said, “As part of a 21st Century transportation vision, Idaho needs...
Four sets of possible amendments to HB 312, the transportation funding bill, have now been distributed to senators, as they prepare for their amending order; some are lengthy. “This is going to be one of the more interesting committee of the wholes that I‘ve ever...
The Senate was supposed to convene more than half an hour ago, to take up amendments to the House-passed transportation funding bill, HB 312. But there have been delays, fits and starts. They were in session a moment ago, but a delayed Senate Assistant Majority…
The House has voted 60-9 in favor of HB 324, the new version of Rep. Linden Bateman’s bill to raise fines for Idaho Open Meeting Law violations. The earlier bill, HB 155, earlier passed the House on a 58-11 vote, but was amended in the…
The Senate will go into its amending order this morning, but won’t take up HB 312, the House-passed transportation funding bill, Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis just announced. Instead, it’ll take that measure up this afternoon, when it again will go into the 14th Order...
The pair of Peregrine falcons that makes its home in a nest box high atop a downtown Boise skyscraper has something special to guard in the box now: Four eggs. The Peregrine Fund and Idaho Fish & Game report that both the mama and papa…
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