Bruce Skaug — Identified as chairman in the committee report.
Bruce Skaug — The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee meeting notice is announced, identifying Skaug as chairman and providing the meeting date, time, and location (Friday, March 13th at 1:30 p.m. in East Wing Room 42).
John Gannon — Named as the member seconding the motion to approve the journal.
Jerald Raymond — Named as chairman in the Agricultural Affairs committee report.
Dale Hawkins — Named as chairman in the Education committee report.
Dale Hawkins — The House Education Committee and the House Health and Welfare Committee both announced that they will not meet / will meet on Monday, March 16th, with the chairman names noted in the transcript, though one appears garbled as 'Hockens.'
David Cannon — Named as chairman in the Revenue and Taxation committee report.
David Cannon — The House State Affairs Committee announced that it will meet on Monday, March 16th at 9 a.m. in East Wing Room 40, with Crane serving as chairman.
Jaron Crane — Named as chairman in the State Affairs committee report.
Shawn Dygert — Named as chairman in the Appropriations committee report.
Shawn Dygert — Recognized as the lady from 4 and explains the use of dedicated funds to restore rescissions.
Shawn Dygert — Yields to the question from the gentleman from 28.
Shawn Dygert — Responds that the dorm-related item was not in the enhancement bill.
Shawn Dygert — Recognized as the lady from 14 and speaks in favor of the bill, explaining the removal of one-time funds.
Edward Hill — Urged support for the bill and referenced enhancement bills, including military division funding.
Mark Sauter — Called during the vote check.
Heather Scott — Possible but uncertain match for the garbled 'Birch' reference; not confidently identifiable.
Charlie Shepherd — Recognized as the gentleman from 7 and asks unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of House Bill 869.
Charlie Shepherd — Entered debate on the bill after the presentation of the budget.
Charlie Shepherd — The member made a post-bill announcement, stating that Business would meet upon adjournment and that J-Lock would meet at 12:15 today.
Cornel Rasor — Recognized as the gentleman from 28 and asks about the one-time funds removed from the budget.
Cornel Rasor — Continues questioning whether the budget funded faculty for new dorm buildings.
Cornel Rasor — Recognized as the gentleman from 24 and says the deaf and blind school budget is a separate budget to be addressed later.
Cornel Rasor — Requested unanimous consent to reuse the roll call for suspension of rules on House Bill 870.
Cornel Rasor — Responded to the contract discussion and asked whether the other member was confused.
Cornel Rasor — Explained that the bill caps non-cognizable spending, allows spending for emergencies, military combat training facilities, and tuition, and reasserts legislative control over appropriations.
Cornel Rasor — Was asked to yield to a question and did so.
Cornel Rasor — Continued explaining the bill's caps and exceptions for emergency spending, military training facilities, and tuition.
Cornel Rasor — Yielded to a question.
Cornel Rasor — Finished explaining the bill and reaffirmed legislative control over appropriations.
Cornel Rasor — Was asked whether there have been recent transfers to the state during periods when the legislature was not in session.
Cornel Rasor — Responded that he could not confirm the exact time frame but said the chart shows non-cogged dollars over the last five years.
Cornel Rasor — Said the chart shows non-cogged dollars over the last five years and promised to provide it.
Cornel Rasor — Answered that the bill does not address the cited rural health care funding because that funding has already been cognized.
Cornel Rasor — Moved that the House adjourn until 10:30 Monday, March 16, 2026.
David Leavitt — The speaker introduced House Bill 870 as the enhancement bill for the Office of Information Technology Services and then explained that the bill concerns consolidating IT staff into OITS. The speaker also deferred questions about MMIS to another member.
— A member opposed the bill by arguing that House members of the 'gang of eight' had previously taken a budget pledge not to support enhancements, especially those using federal money or increasing government size. The exchange repeatedly referenced the gentleman from 11 as having spoken against the bill and tied the objection to that earlier pledge and broader concerns about government growth.
— Asked whether there had been something within the last 18 to 24 months.
— Was asked to classify the comment as negative debate and was later referenced in the discussion.
— Referenced as having mandated cuts and spending reductions after a revenue shortfall.
— Intervened on a point of order, asking the speaker to be more specific about who took the pledge.
— Referenced as part of the debate in favor of the bill.
— Referenced as having spoken about the budget and cuts.
— Referenced as having discussed shifting and moving things around.
— Asked a question that prompted clarification about the MMIS system and IT staff transfer.
— The member speaks in favor of the bill and responds to objections by clarifying who he means by 'we' and 'my crew.' He explains that the reference is to the group of members involved in the prior statement, and notes that this group will have to vote no on some of the difficult decisions.
— John 14 speaks in favor of the bill during the debate, and subsequent references to the gentleman from District 14 echo his remarks in support of the cybersecurity argument, including a comment about foreign governments such as China or Russia attacking Idaho.
— The member speaks in favor of the bill and, in the course of that discussion, refers to the point made by the member from 22, continuing the same debate without any clear topic shift.
Jordan Redman — Requests unanimous consent to reuse the roll call on House Bill 866 for suspension of rules on House Bill 871.
Jordan Redman — Requests unanimous consent to excuse the Speaker from voting due to a conflict of interest involving the Speaker's wife.