Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 61 Mar 13th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Key Moments

  • Van Burtenshaw — Seconded the motion on the amendment to Section 1.
  • Van Burtenshaw — The transcript's 'Senator Nark-Tog' appears to be a misrendering of Senator Den Hartog/Van Orden context; the motion is to report Senate Bill 1294 as amended.
  • Van Burtenshaw — The speaker name is garbled as 'Senator Hartog'; the motion is to report Senate Bill 1294 as amended without recommendation.
  • Van Burtenshaw — Seconded the motion on the amendment to Section 1.
  • Van Burtenshaw — Moves to report Senate Bill 1299 as amended without recommendation.
  • Van Burtenshaw — Moves to report House Bill 728 as amended without recommendation.
  • Van Burtenshaw — Called during roll call; vote not clearly captured in this excerpt.
  • Glenneda Zuiderveld — A roll-call or name-identification moment in which Glenneda Zuiderveld is mentioned twice with uncertain spellings/pronunciations ('Berke' and 'Cedarveld?'), indicating the transcript is trying to identify the member being referenced.
  • Glenneda Zuiderveld — Recognized to debate the motion.
  • Glenneda Zuiderveld — Called during roll call; vote not clearly captured in this excerpt.
  • Daniel Foreman — Included in the roll call list.
  • Daniel Foreman — Moves that the committee report House Bill 494 back to the Senate as amended without recommendation.
  • Daniel Foreman — Seconded the motion on the amendment to House Bill 703.
  • Daniel Foreman — Seconded the correction to title motion.
  • Daniel Foreman — Senator Foreman moved that the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee be excused from reporting forthwith on House Bill 745, then spoke in favor of the motion by explaining that, as chairman of Senate Commerce, he had held the bill in committee and urging an aye vote.
  • Codi Galloway — Included in the roll call list.
  • Codi Galloway — Senator Galloway is identified as offering the prayer.
  • Codi Galloway — Senator Galloway moves the amendment to Section 1 of Senate Bill 1294, explains that it concerns infant hearing screenings and timeline changes suggested by midwives, then closes debate on the amendment, which passes.
  • Codi Galloway — Senator Galloway moved an amendment and opened debate on a bill concerning small claims court limits, explaining that the amendment adjusts attorney fees related to those limits. The discussion then continued with a motion to adopt a correction to the title for Senate Bill 1330.
  • Jim Guthrie — Included in the roll call list.
  • Jim Guthrie — Senator Guthrie was called during the roll-call vote and recorded as voting aye on the motion.
  • Todd Lakey — Todd Lakey is mentioned in the roll call and committee report, where he is identified repeatedly as Chairman.
  • Todd Lakey — Seconded the motion to adopt the amendment to Section 3.
  • Todd Lakey — Senator Lakey handles the procedural discussion on House Bill 703, moving adoption of the amendment, explaining that the bill is part of Code Cleanup and DOGE efforts to consolidate disciplinary procedural sections, closing debate on the amendment, and being associated with the subsequent correction-to-title and seconding motions.
  • Todd Lakey — Senator Lakey was first called during roll call, then later recognized during miscellaneous business and used the floor to make a brief announcement, including a reminder about a quick 1 o'clock meeting and committee meeting plans for next week.
  • Doug Ricks — Included in the roll call list.
  • Doug Ricks — Called during roll call in the vote tally.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Likely the intended member for 'Semaroth/Shippee/Taylor' area is uncertain; not corrected here.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Senator Ward-Engelking seconded the motion on the amendment to Section 1.
  • Melissa Wintrow — Senator Wintrow was called during the roll call and then recorded as voting aye.
  • Julie VanOrden — Julie VanOrden is mentioned during roll call and then identified in the committee report as the Chair, with the chair designation repeated in adjacent transcript segments.
  • Julie VanOrden — Moved that the amendment to Section 3 be adopted and was recognized to open debate.
  • Julie VanOrden — Called during roll call in the vote tally.
  • James Woodward — Roll call includes Senator Woodward.
  • James Woodward — Seconded the motion on the amendment to Section 1.
  • James Woodward — Called during roll call in the vote tally.
  • Paige Olivia Earle — Led the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Doug Okuniewicz — The transcript says 'Den Hartog,' but the expected member list includes Doug Okuniewicz? No, this appears to be Senator Den Hartog, likely a transcription error; uncertain ID not assigned.
  • Doug Okuniewicz — Requested unanimous consent to reorder the third reading calendar so Senate bills would precede House bills.
  • Doug Okuniewicz — Repeated the unanimous consent request to advance to the 15th order of business.
  • Doug Okuniewicz — Moved that the Senate adjourn until 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2026.
  • McGuinness, Chief Clerk — Certified the transmittal of Senate Bill 1361 from the House.
  • Ilana Rubel — Senator Den Hartog made a series of unanimous-consent procedural motions to move the Senate through its agenda: first to advance to the 11th order of business, then to have second-reading bills read by number and author only with the journal noting they were read at length, and finally to advance to the 14th order of business.
  • Janie Ward-Engelking — Senator Dan Hartog requested unanimous consent for the Senate to resolve into the Committee of the Whole and for the senator from District 35 to chair it; the transcript also includes a brief mention identifying Senator Dan Hartog, likely reflecting a transcription error for Senator Den Hartog.
  • — A Senator from District 35 was designated to chair the Committee of the Whole, but the name is not stated in the transcript.
  • Tammy Nichols — Senator Nichols presents and explains an amendment to Section 1 of Senate Bill 1299, describing it as a clarification related to digital ID and related enforcement scope, with additional clarification about the amendment’s purpose and text changes. He then closes debate on the amendment, and the amendment to Section 1 is adopted.
  • Tammy Nichols — Called during roll call in the vote tally.
  • Cindy Carlson — Senator Carlson moves the amendment to Section 1 of House Bill 728, debate is opened and then closed, and the amendment is adopted.
  • Ron Taylor — Seconded the amendment to Section 1.
  • Mark Harris — Senator Harris was recognized in the chamber and presented the Committee of the Whole Senate report to the President.