House OKs Attack On Initiatives

Fri., March 22, 2013

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

The House has voted 45-21 in favor of SB 1108, the bill to make it more difficult to qualify an initiative or referendum measure for the Idaho ballot; there was bipartisan opposition. The bill, which earlier passed the Senate, now goes to the governor’s desk/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise.

You can thank the following “yes” votes (North Idaho representatives underlined) for making it more difficult for Idahoans to pass initiatives/referendums:

Voting yes : Reps. Anderson(31), Anderst, Andrus, Barrett, Bateman, Batt, Bedke, Bell, Bolz, Boyle, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Denney, Eskridge , Gestrin, Gibbs, Hartgen, Hixon, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Loertscher, Luker, McMillan , Meline, Miller, Monks, Moyle, Nielsen, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Romrell, Shepherd , Stevenson, Thompson, Trujillo, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wood(27), Wood(35), and Youngblood.

Voting no : Reps. Agidius, Barbieri , Burgoyne, Chew, Clow, Erpelding, Gannon, Hancey, Harris, King, Kloc, Malek, Mendive , Patterson, Pence, Ringo, Rusche, Sims , Smith, Ward-Engelking, and Woodings.

Absent : Reps. Anderson(01), Henderson , Morse and Wills.

Question: Am I the only one who still thinks this is a bad bill pushed by legislators who don’t like being told what to do by their constituents?

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