More bill-reading, more objections, and the House screeches to a halt…
Thu., March 23, 2017
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Legislative Limerick No. 5: Sausage-making under a barrage of darts
Thu., March 23, 2017
Grocery tax repeal bill to get House committee review
Thu., March 23, 2017
HB 67a, the grocery tax repeal bill, will be referred to a House committee for a review of the Senate amendments, House Speaker Scott Bedke says. The committee then would typically make a recommendation to the full House to either concur not concur in the...
Bedke: Moyle’s anti-regional transit bill won’t proceed
Thu., March 23, 2017
House Speaker Scott Bedke has referred Majority Leader Mike Moyle’s bill to undermine regional transportation authorities around the state back to the Ways & Means Committee, rather than assigning it to a germane committee for a possible hearing. Asked about it, Bedke said, “That means...
After 40 minutes of milling around, House goes to lunch ‘til 1:30
Thu., March 23, 2017
House stalls over bill-reading question…
Thu., March 23, 2017
When there was another objection to waiving full reading of a bill in the House – this time for the next bill up, regarding children's mental health – House Speaker Scott Bedke put the House at ease. “You’re all in receipt of an email,” he told...
House State Affairs barely approves liquor-nudity bill for artistic performances
Thu., March 23, 2017
Moyle targets regional cooperative efforts on transit in last-minute bill
Thu., March 23, 2017
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, pushed new legislation in the House Ways & Means Committee this morning aimed at undercutting regional public transportation authorities across the state, because he said highway districts shouldn’t ever be involved in mass transit. “That’s not a function of...
Moyle wants to amend unemployment insurance tax rate cut bill to add in income tax cut
Thu., March 23, 2017
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, persuaded the House Revenue & Taxation Committee this morning to send the unemployment insurance tax cut bill, SB 1195, the House’s amending order to tack on an income tax cut. The move carried on an 11-5 vote in Rev...
Idaho Senate approves school budget, sends it to Gov. Otter
Wed., March 22, 2017
A budget for Idaho’s public schools for next year that reflects 6.3 percent increase in funding cleared the Idaho Senate on a series of unanimous votes Wednesday, and headed to the governor’s desk.
Canyon County representatives say they’re not leaving ‘til there’s a highway bill
Wed., March 22, 2017
Idaho Senate backs grocery tax repeal, 25-10
Wed., March 22, 2017
Idaho would remove its 6 percent sales tax from groceries in June 2018, if legislation passed by the Idaho Senate on a decisive 25-10 vote Wednesday becomes law.
The hurry-up-and-wait has begun…
Wed., March 22, 2017
Public school budget passes on unanimous Senate votes, goes to governor
Wed., March 22, 2017
Legislative Limerick No. 4: ‘I object!’
Wed., March 22, 2017
Senate begins debate on grocery tax repeal…
Wed., March 22, 2017
Senate defeats big highway bonding bill on 15-20 vote
Wed., March 22, 2017
After much debate this morning, the Senate has voted 15-20 against the amended version of SB 1188, the big transportation funding bill. Here's the vote...
Deal to purchase HP campus passes House, 65-5
Wed., March 22, 2017
Showing how quickly legislation can move at the tail end of a legislative session, HCR 29, on the state buying the H-P campus in West Boise, came up in the full House this morning – the same morning it emerged from committee – and passed...