Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 3rd, 2026

Key Moments

  • Kevin Cook — Senator Cook seconds the motion.
  • Kevin Cook — Named during roll call.
  • Kevin Cook — Senator Cook requests unanimous consent to accept the language.
  • Kevin Cook — Requested unanimous consent to accept the language shown on the screen.
  • Kevin Cook — Moved the FY 2026 supplemental to shift $6,054,000 from federal funds to dedicated funds for the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan.
  • Kevin Cook — Called during the roll call vote.
  • Kevin Cook — Asked for the budget action to begin with FY 2027 JFAC program maintenance and described the $43,900 fund shift for State Hospital South benefit costs.
  • Kevin Cook — Referenced in a comment noting relief that Senator Cook did not make the motion.
  • Carl Bjerke — Carl Bjerke (also appearing as Senator Bjerke/Bjurke/Bureck in the transcript) is repeatedly called during the roll call across the meeting, with several misheard spellings of his name. In the sequence, his vote is eventually recorded as aye.
  • Carl Bjerke — Senator Carl Bjerke was called during roll call, later seconded a motion, and was called again during roll call.
  • Carl Bjerke — Named during roll call.
  • Carl Bjerke — Likely refers to Senator Bjerke; called during the roll call vote.
  • Carl Bjerke — Called during the roll call vote.
  • Phil Hart — Phil Hart was called during the roll call.
  • Phil Hart — Called during the roll call vote.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Transcript appears to have misheard the second as Senator Carlson; likely Senator Codi Galloway or Senator Carlson is being referenced in the roll context.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Referenced in the roll call as a member whose vote is being recorded; transcript appears to misread the name.
  • Codi Galloway — Name appears in the roll call as 'Calloway,' likely a transcription error.
  • Codi Galloway — Referenced in the roll call as a member whose vote is being recorded.
  • Codi Galloway — Referenced in the roll call as a member whose vote is being recorded.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Called during the roll.
  • Codi Galloway — Made a motion to accept the language shown on the screen and requested to speak to it.
  • Codi Galloway — Restated the motion to accept the language shown on the screen and began explaining why she supported it.
  • Codi Galloway — Explained that the language would direct the Department of Corrections to begin an RFI process to evaluate community reentry centers.
  • Codi Galloway — Mentioned as having visited areas with the speaker to discuss ideas related to reentry.
  • Codi Galloway — Appears in the roll call.
  • Codi Galloway — Named during the roll call vote.
  • Codi Galloway — Named during roll call.
  • Codi Galloway — During the roll call vote, Galloway was called and responded 'Aye.'
  • Codi Galloway — Codi Galloway appears in the roll call, later seconds a motion, and is then called again during the roll call vote as part of the same meeting sequence.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — During the roll call, Janie Ward-Engelking is repeatedly called under slightly misheard variants of her name (e.g., Ward Engel King / Ward Ingle King), and one mention records her vote as aye. All references are part of the same continuous roll-call moment.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Senator Janie Ward-Engelking was called during roll call.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Named during the roll call vote.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Named during roll call.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Ward Engel King was called during the roll call vote.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Janie Ward-Engelking is mentioned in the roll call, with her name appearing as a likely mis-transcription ('Ward Engel King'), and then called again during the roll call vote.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Called during the roll.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Called during the roll.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Called during the roll and recorded as aye.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Identified as the second on the motion; transcript misheard the name as 'Winthrop.'
  • Melissa Wintrow — Referenced in the roll call as a member whose vote is being recorded.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Referenced in the roll call as a member whose vote is being recorded; transcript appears to misread the name.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Name appears in the roll call as 'Winchrow,' likely a transcription error.