States findings of the Legislature and provides that all temporary and pending rules of the Idaho State Police, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the Idaho Secretary of State, the Department of Administration, and the Idaho State Lottery have been reviewed and approved by the Senate State Affairs Committee, with an exception.
Senate Resolution 105 is a legislative findings and approval resolution related to administrative rule review in Idaho. It states that the Senate State Affairs Committee reviewed temporary and pending rules from several state agencies and entities, including the Idaho State Police, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the Idaho Secretary of State, the Department of Administration, and the Idaho State Lottery, as required under Idaho’s Administrative Procedure Act and related legislative review provisions.
The resolution declares that the committee approved all of the reviewed temporary and pending rules submitted for the 2025 legislative session, except for one specific provision: IDAPA 31.41.01, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s Telephone Customer Relations Rules, Docket No. 31-4101-2401, Section 205, Subsection 02, which was not approved. In effect, the resolution serves as the Senate’s formal record of committee review and approval, while identifying a narrow exception to that approval.
SR105 does not directly amend Idaho statutes, but it affects the legal status of administrative rules by documenting legislative review under Section 67-5291, Idaho Code. Its practical impact is to allow most temporary and pending rules from the listed agencies to remain in effect or proceed through the rulemaking process, while signaling disapproval of one specific subsection of the Public Utilities Commission’s telephone customer relations rules. The resolution therefore influences agency regulatory authority and the enforceability of the reviewed rules, especially for telephone customer service regulation.
The overall sentiment reflected in the resolution is procedural and generally approving. The Senate State Affairs Committee appears to have accepted the bulk of the rules reviewed, indicating no broad opposition to the agencies’ temporary and pending rule packages. The only negative action was limited to one subsection of one rule set, suggesting targeted concern rather than widespread disagreement with the agencies involved.
The only notable point of contention is the non-approval of IDAPA 31.41.01, Section 205, Subsection 02, within the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s Telephone Customer Relations Rules. The resolution does not explain the reason for the exception, so the specific objection is not stated in the text. Because the exception concerns telephone customer service regulation, the likely affected parties are telephone corporations subject to customer service oversight and consumers interacting with those services, but the bill text itself does not identify the substantive dispute.