Senate Bill 1446 spends one-time legal settlement funds to reinstate a mobile treatment program, called the Assertive Community Treatment program, and peer support services, which help people navigate mental health treatment. #idleg #idpol
I’m glad that Dictator Moyle and his gang of the most incompetent Idaho has to offer have taken their control issues and finally gone home. I wish they would stay there. #idpol #idleg #Idaho #IdahoGOP #IDGOP
The Idaho Legislature and Gov. Brad Little enacted a series of across-the-board budget cuts that reduced funding for most state agencies and departments by 4% this year and 5% beginning in fiscal year 2027, which starts July 1. #idleg #idpol
Senate Bill 1300 changes current practice to make it so that the directors of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Idaho Transportation Department and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation will be appointed by the governor and subject to confirmation by the Idaho Senate. #idleg #idpol
The Idaho Senate swiftly defeated House Speaker Mike Moyle's bill to bar local elected officials from office for "wilfully" violating state law. #idleg #idpol
And there it is... "If approved, the ballot measure could bypass the need for legislative involvement, placing the vote squarely in the hands of Idahoans." #idpol #idleg
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The bill's sponsor said the House's amendments violated a Senate rule that prevents bill amendments from including the text from other legislation that’s already pending in the Senate. #idleg #idpol
The state will have around $186 million to spend in the first year on subgrants meant to improve rural health care access. #idleg #idpol
Idaho Rep. Brent Crane called a bill to allow people to concealed carry guns in courthouses an unfunded mandate for counties.
He voted for it.
"I’ve got 100% voting record with the NRA. Don’t want any of you guys to screw up your voting record with the NRA. But this is wrong." #idleg #idpol
House Bill 621 would allow people to concealed carry guns inside the parts of courthouse buildings that aren’t for court. #idleg #idpol
Brilliant. The City of #Boise is providing the public with rainbow colored heart shaped window clings to show their support, as the Mayor puts one up in City Hall. #idpol
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The #idleg pulled out their radiator caps to circumvent due process on controversial bills. 🧵
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COMMENTARY | The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has a role to play to hold the executive branch to account, write guest columnists Noah Carter and Marie Osborn. #idpol
Hello and welcome to day 81 of HELL. It should be the last. Lots of shenanigans happened yesterday, some I was able to cover and some I didn't because of other events in the capitol.
2x 287(g) agreement bills in play now. Will post an article of what happened last night below. #idpol #idleg
The Idaho Senate on Wednesday passed a late-session bill meant to address concerns in recent court challenges of the state’s 2024 “library bill.” #idleg #idpol
“Gov. Little, Please find the courage to find the humanity that our shared faith as Christians calls us to offer to ALL people,” one protestor wrote in a note. “People are hurting.” #idleg #idpol
Nine protestors who opposed anti-trans bills were arrested Wednesday in the Idaho governor’s office at the Capitol in Boise, according to Idaho State Police. #idleg #idpol
#JimRisch, #MikeCrapo and #MikeSimpson are all "empty chairs". It's not just a metaphor.
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Idaho Senate approved SB1336 that codifies civics education. By high school graduation students must "exemplify…prudence, justice, fortitude, moderation and patriotism.”
How the hell will that be taught or measured?
Let educators write the standards, not politicians.
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Legislators from both major political parties complained that the specific way the JFAC would fund the pay increases is unsustainable and irresponsible. #idleg #idpol
The U.S. Justice Department sued Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane on Wednesday, and asked a federal judge to force him to turn over the full voter data, which includes partial Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers. #idpol
The Trump administration sued Idaho’s top election official after he declined to give the federal government access to sensitive personal information about 1 million Idaho registered voters. #idpol
Senate Minority Leader Melissa Wintrow, a Boise Democrat, said she felt the bill was conflating the refugee resettlement process, which is a legal immigration process that requires extensive vetting, with illegal immigration. #idleg #idpol
The Idaho Senate passed a bill to restore Medicaid mental health programs that the state cut after Gov. Brad Little's budget cuts.
The four patient deaths after a mobile treatment program was cut can be directly tied to the cuts, said Idaho Falls Republican Sen. Kevin Cook. #idleg #idpol
In other (almost) end-of-session news, an eleventh-hour bill restricting teachers’ union activities cleared the Senate — after tense debate and over bipartisan opposition. #idleg #idedu #idpol www.idahoednews.org/legislative-...