Siddoway in pitch for bill: ‘This portion of the bill really sucks’

In his opening debate on a bill in the Senate this afternoon, Sen. Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, made this comment: “This portion of the bill really sucks, in my opinion.” That brought an immediate objection from Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, who makes a point of objecting when Senate protocol is violated, including through the use of “exceptional words.” Rather than lodge a formal objection, Darrington told the Senate he just wanted Siddoway to consider himself warned. Siddoway was presenting HB 416, a bill that earlier passed the House unanimously, and was sponsored by Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, a former Idaho Fish & Game commissioner, to clear up conflicting wording in the law governing wasting of edible portions of game animals. Despite the dust-up, the bill then passed unanimously.