Idaho House votes to adjourn, waits on Senate; Little signs, criticizes property tax bill Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
May 12 The Idaho House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to temporarily adjourn the legislative session, returning later in the year to address redistricting.
The House voted 55-8-6 to adopt House Concurrent Resolution 23, a Ways and Means Committee resolution introduced last week that would allow the Legislature to recess until Sept. 1 at the latest. The speaker of the House and president of the Senate would be able to call the lawmakers back into session at any point prior to Sept. 1.
The resolution was then introduced in the Senate and sent to the Senate State Affairs Committee. The Senate has recessed for the second time Wednesday evening until 8 p.m. without voting on the resolution.
It is May and we are still in legislative session. I hope that comes to an end next week. However, I do not want to Sine Die. Some say that means the legislature wouldnât be able to comeback and conduct business. I donât agree with that. I believe we have the authority to convene when we want. Nonetheless, many of us are trying to only adjourn so we may be able to come back, if needed.
I stated earlier during the legislative session that I was working on a bill to strengthen the nullification of federal gun control in Idaho. Then I was told the Idaho 2nd Amendment Alliance and Senator Christy Zito were working on this issue. Therefore, I got on board with them and I was set to be the House sponsor of the bill. Senator Zito could not get a hearing from the Senate State Affairs Chairwoman Patti Ann Lodge. Subsequently, she decided to get it going on the House side. The bill was introduced in House State Affairs Committee and then never given a public hearing by House State A
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PAYETTE COUNTY â One bill being fast-tracked on the Idaho Legislatureâs docket could spell doom for a billboard presently located on the Highway 95 Business Loop in Payette and any similar ones throughout Idaho. Another four take aim at the Governorâs emergency declaration powers, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Those are just two examples of legislation that rushed through the pipelines this week as the Legislature went into a week-long recess Wednesday, in case of veto action, rather than adjourn sine die, as reported by MagicValley.com. This means the 2021 session will break the record for the longest in state history, the record being 118 days as set in 2003.