Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 10 Jan 21st, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Key Moments

  • Kelly Anthon — Responded 'Here' during roll call.
  • Treg Bernt — During roll call, Treg Bernt was present and responded 'Here'; his name also appeared again in the roll call list in a garbled transcription.
  • Todd Lakey — Todd Lakey is first called during roll call and responds 'Here,' then is subsequently referenced in committee proceedings as the chairman and chair of the escort committee, with repeated mentions of his role as chair despite minor transcription variations.
  • Todd Lakey — Appears to have spoken while the committee escorted the Chief Justice out and conveyed thanks.
  • Cindy Carlson — Responded 'Here' during roll call.
  • Kevin Cook — Called during roll call.
  • Van Burtenshaw — Van Burtenshaw is listed in the roll call, but the transcript renders his name as 'Burton Shaw' and then 'Burton Shaw?' indicating a repeated/uncertain transcription of the same member’s name during roll call.
  • Lori Hartog — Lori Hartog is mentioned in the roll call and then addressed by the presiding officer, though the transcript is unclear and renders her name inconsistently as 'Tin Hartog,' 'Senator D. Hartog,' and 'Senator Denhardtog.' The sequence reflects a single brief moment of identifying and addressing the same member.
  • Lori Hartog — Senator Lori Den Hartog made a series of unanimous-consent procedural motions to manage the Senate’s agenda: she asked that the State of the Judiciary address be spread upon the journal, requested the Senate go at ease, moved the Senate back to the Fifth Order of Business and that petitions, resolutions, and memorials be read by number, author, and title only, then asked to advance to the Eighth, Eleventh, and Fifteenth Orders of Business, including a request that first-reading bills be read by number, author, and title only.
  • Daniel Foreman — Daniel Foreman is mentioned in the roll call and then named and appointed to the escort committee, with the overlapping references all describing the same committee assignment.
  • Codi Galloway — Name appears in the roll call list.
  • Brian Lenney — Name appears in the roll call list; transcription rendered as 'Lenny.'
  • Carrie Semmelroth — Carrie Semmelroth appears in the roll call and responds 'Here,' confirming her presence.
  • Brandon Shippy — Brandon Shippy appears in the roll call and responds when his name is called.
  • Julie VanOrden — Name appears in the roll call list; transcription rendered as 'Van Orden.'
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Name appears in the roll call list; transcription rendered as 'Ward Engel King.'
  • Melissa Wintrow — Melissa Wintrow is first noted during roll call, where her name is called and answered as present, and she is later named and appointed as a member of the escort committee.
  • James Woodward — Name appears in the roll call list.
  • Glenneda Zuiderveld — Name appears in the roll call list; transcription rendered as 'Cedo? Siderveld?'
  • Doug Armstrong — Doug Armstrong is introduced as the chaplain who will offer the opening prayer, and then he begins the prayer by greeting the Senators.
  • Amanda Olson — Named as the page who will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Chief Justice — Begins remarks to the Senate on the work of the judiciary.
  • C. Grow — C. Grow made an introduction and asked that his grandson stand, identifying him as the clerk for the Chief Justice.
  • David Cannon — Named in the gubernatorial letter as President of the Senate.