Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 15th, 2026

Key Moments

  • Melissa Wintrow — The chair repeatedly welcomes Senator Wintrow as part of a brief committee exchange, with no substantive discussion beyond the greeting.
  • Finn Meekam — Finn Meekam is introduced as the first page and then introduces himself as a high school senior from Eagle who plans to attend Utah State and later serve a mission. The committee then invites questions, and he answers that if he could go anywhere, he would go to Brundage to go snowboarding.
  • Mark Harris — Comments that Utah State is a great school and says he attended there.
  • Mark Harris — Asks whether Cooper picked up any languages.
  • Shawn Dygert — Senator Shippey is recognized and then asks Finn a question, thanking him for serving as a page and asking what he would do if he had one week to do anything.
  • Cooper Smith — Introduced as the other page.
  • Cooper — Begins introducing himself as a page from Nampa who recently moved from Europe.
  • Carl Bjerke — Asks Cooper where in Europe he lived.
  • Carl Bjerke — Identified as being in charge of administrative rules review.