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. 🧵
#idpol
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.
#idpol
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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.
#idleg #idedu #idpol
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-...
House Bill 913 calls for Idaho to adopt Medicaid work requirements that were part of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The policy could remove up to 44% of Idahoans — or 34,000 people — from Medicaid expansion, researchers say. #idleg #idpol
The "threat" by population.
0.64% = estimated percentage of transgender citizens in Idaho compared to the larger population.
For broader context, roughly 2.8% to 5.3% of Idaho's total population identifies as LGBTQ+
#idpol #idleg #Idgop
When do the lawsuits begin?
Idaho doesn't pass laws; it passes lawsuits.
#idpol
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The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee rejected allowing the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to spend $16 million in federal funds to expand child care access. #idleg #idpol
Good morning and welcome to day 80 of Hell. We've got final hearings for the library bill changes and the medical cannabis resolution. House Business has a lot of items on their agenda... moving the SOS office, 2 term gov limit, removing city charters... april fools jokes? idk. #idpol #idleg
“Every single day when I’m out in public, I have to decide: Do I feel like going to jail today, or do I feel like being attacked.” - Nikson Mathews, a trans-male citizen. #idpol #idleg #idgop #trans
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House Bill 752 will create criminal charges for people who “knowingly and willfully” enter a bathroom or changing room designated for the opposite sex, with some exceptions. The bill would apply in government-owned buildings and places of public accommodations, like private businesses. #idleg #idpol
