Ron Taylor — Ron Taylor is identified as the member who seconded the motion, then directly states 'Second' in response to the motion to print RS 32886, and the chair later summarizes that Senator Lakey made the motion and Senator Taylor provided the second.
Lloyd Knight, Deputy Director, Idaho State Department of Agriculture — Lloyd Knight, Deputy Director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, is introduced and then identifies himself for the record. He explains that docket number 02071-2501 is a ZBR chapter analysis and that the department is seeking to repeal the chapter.
Julie VanOrden — Attempted to make a motion before being reminded motions would be taken at the end.
Mr. Knight — The chair thanked Mr. Knight after his presentation.
Mr. Knight — Referenced as the presenter of the prior presentation Jeff Abrams intended to comment on.
Boyd Knight / Lloyd Knight — The transcript appears to misstate the presenter’s name as 'Mr. Boyd Knight' before returning to 'Lloyd Knight.'
Lloyd Knight — Explained that the two dockets cover a temporary rule and a pending rule on the same topic.
Tammy Nichols — Addressed Mr. Knight and asked about federal-level influence in the grizzly bear depredation process.
Tammy Nichols — Tammy Nichols addressed the vice chair and asked which states still have tuberculosis in their cattle, continuing the same line of questioning in the exchange.
Tammy Nichols — The chair says she will turn the time back over to Senator Nichols and thanks the committee.
Megan Smith — Megan Smith was introduced as a virtual testifier, invited to begin her testimony, and then testified as the program director for Living with Wolves in support of the rules governing grizzly bear and wolf depredation. The committee then thanked her for her testimony and noted that there were no questions.
Carrie Semmelroth — Senator Carrie Semmelroth asked Dr. Livesley whether the federal government tests in designated surveillance areas and, if not, why. Her question was then referenced later in the discussion as the basis for follow-up comments about federal testing and vaccination efforts.
Dr. Livesley — Explains that the brucellosis vaccine is not a typical preventive vaccine and begins describing its limitations.
Dr. Livesley — Explains that RB51 does not prevent infection; it helps prevent abortion in infected animals.
Dr. Livesley — Explains that positive animals are sent to slaughter and that continued existence of reactors would risk further spread.
Dr. Livesley — Is being questioned about the inspection-of-premises language in the rule.
Dr. Livesley — Clarifies that the language is being relocated, not added, and says the department makes every effort to notify owners.
Dr. Livesley — Says the department always tries to work with property owners and coordinate access rather than enter without permission.
Dr. Livesley — Begins explaining why developing a preventative vaccine is difficult.
Dr. Livesley — His remarks conclude with the point that research funding remains a problem even after the select-agent restriction was lifted.
Dr. Livesley — Jeff Abrams compliments Dr. Livesley's presentation.
Jeff Abrams — Jeff Abrams is called to the podium, identifies himself as representing the Idaho Conservation League, and begins to raise a procedural point about returning to rule 592. After being guided to hold his comments until later, he agrees to do so and thanks the committee.
Jeff Abrams — Jeff Abrams, a Wildlife Program Associate with the Idaho Conservation League, testified in support of recognizing producer challenges on working lands and said the rulemaking process had gone well. He noted the state’s $225,000 funding split between compensation and conflict minimization/education, expressed appreciation for the intent behind the legislation, and said ICL supports efforts to increase funding for depredation and conflict minimization. He also mentioned working with OSC on potential federal matching funds and emphasized support for non-lethal techniques that reduce wildlife-livestock conflict.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Introduces himself again as administrator of the Division of Animal Industries and state veterinarian.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Introduced himself as administrator of the Division of Animal Industries and state veterinarian, and began the tuberculosis rule presentation.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained what tuberculosis is and identified M. bovis as the livestock pathogen of concern.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Continued describing TB transmission and referenced a visual comparison of normal and pathologic lungs in cattle.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained that Idaho is TB free and compared Idaho’s brucellosis situation to Michigan’s tuberculosis management challenges.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Described surveillance testing in affected counties, border-state dairy cases, and slaughter inspection procedures.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained live testing, movement testing for dairy breeds, and the need for accredited veterinarians to perform required tests.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Reported Idaho’s 2023 testing surge and said he personally tested several thousand animals during a contact trace.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained the dairy was cleared, described negotiated rulemaking meetings, and criticized outdated federal TB rules.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained why rule updates are needed and why some language is being struck or scored out as duplicative or incorporated by reference.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Concluded his presentation and answered a question about states with ongoing TB in cattle.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained the three-negative-test standard for clearing a dairy and listed states with isolated TB traceouts.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Repeated the explanation of the dairy clearance and the negotiated rulemaking process.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Criticized outdated federal code and explained why the rule contains strike-and-score edits and incorporations by reference.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Ended his presentation and answered Senator Nichols’s question about states with ongoing TB in cattle.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained the three-negative-test standard for clearing a dairy and listed states with isolated TB traceouts.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Continued answering questions, then the committee moved to the next docket and Dr. Livesley began the next presentation.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Introduced the next docket on the public exchange of livestock and began a brief summary of Idaho cattle producer opportunities.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained the three regulated venues where Idaho cattle producers can publicly exchange livestock: auction yards, buying stations, and trader lots.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Described the negotiated rulemaking and the proposed changes for livestock auction yards, buying stations, and trader lots.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Explained the change from individual sale yard releases to end-of-day software-generated reports for auction yards.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Confirmed the reporting change was discussed in negotiated rulemaking and explained the informal renewal follow-up process for buying stations and trader lots.
Dr. Scott Livesley — Introduced the next docket on the public exchange of livestock and identified his role at the Department of Agriculture.
Camille Blaylock — Senator Camille Blaylock is first called on to move approval of the January 22, 2026 minutes, then later participates in the committee’s consideration of RS measures. She is noted as seconding or being associated with the motion to print RS 33086, is introduced as the next presenter, and then speaks to present and explain her RSs, describing one as a DOGE Committee code-cleanup measure and another as a related code-cleanup proposal tied to the Idaho One plan. The sequence ends with committee thanks for her presentation.
Camille Blaylock — Senator Camille Blaylock asks whether the inspection-of-premises language is adding emergency entry without prior notification, and the response clarifies that this is not being added.
Christy Zito — Identified as the vice chair who seconded the motion; transcript renders the name as 'Ziddo.'
Christy Zito — Asked whether rodeo animals should be included in the proposal.