Senate kills faith-hearing bill

The Idaho Senate voted 11-24 against SB 1182, the faith healing bill, killing it.

How they voted:

Voting yes: Sens. Agenbroad, Bair, Brackett, Davis, Foreman, Hagedorn, Hill, Johnson, Lakey, Rice, and Siddoway.

Voting no: Sens. DenHartog, Anthon, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, and Winder.

“This is a tough issue,” said Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, in his closing debate, before asking for a moment of silence. “No judgment here.” He said, “I think we’ve done our job here, senators. We were asked for a through review of faith healing statutes, and we’ve done that. And we needed to have that debate.” More here.