Stephanie Mickelsen — Representative Mickelsen moved to introduce RS 33080, and the motion was recognized.
Brendan Floyd — Brendan Floyd was invited to introduce himself and explain the dockets, and he identified himself as a policy specialist in the Office of Governmental Affairs at the Idaho Transportation Department as he began describing the rules under review.
Kyle Harris — Representative Harris raised a series of questions about proposed rule changes affecting vehicle registration and special license plate provisions. He first asked whether edits to section 15504 would affect cancellation of special plate programs, what would happen if the system were down and manual temporary registrations were removed, and whether the Centennial license plate would still exist if the language were struck. He then followed up with a separate but related concern about the definitions section, asking whether removing 'Idaho Transportation' from the certification language would conflict with statute, specifically citing Idaho Code 18-8008.
Kyle Harris — Is recognized and makes a motion to approve docket number 39-0349-25-01 in whole.
Michael Veile — Representative Veile was called on and then identified himself as Mike Veile, a representative from District 35, before presenting RS 33089.
Michael Veile — Mr. Floyd is thanked for his time as the committee concludes business.
Jason Monks — Representative Monks moved to introduce RS 330-089, and the motion was repeated/acknowledged immediately afterward as part of the same procedural action.
Joe Palmer — Joe Palmer introduced himself as the representative for District 20 in Meridian and presented RS 33080. He then explained the RCARS Fund and the purpose of the proposal, continuing his introduction of the measure without any topic shift.
Joe Palmer — Addressed as Mr. Chair/Mr. Chairman during the motion and vote.
Mike Pohanka — Was asked whether he had reviewed the minutes and then moved to approve them.
Charlie Shepherd — Representative Shepherd was recognized to speak and then discussed concerns about manual compliance, describing a personal experience with a courthouse system outage and saying he would be reluctant to eliminate the manual process without confirmation that a reliable alternative exists.
Charlie Shepherd — Referenced as having commented on the crossed-out section.
Charlie Shepherd — Asked for a definition of 'emergency' as used by the department.
Charlie Shepherd — Asked for the department's definition of emergency.
Charlie Shepherd — Referenced as sharing discomfort with removing the manual process from policy.
Charlie Shepherd — Argued in favor of keeping the manual process because of the burden on people who travel long distances to the courthouse.
Charlie Shepherd — Continued arguing that the manual process should remain available because of weather and travel hardships and concern that staff may refuse service if it is not in code.
Charlie Shepherd — Was referenced in the discussion of supporting the motion and concerns about the rule's practical effect.
Brooke Green — Representative Green was recognized for a follow-up question about whether veterans and people with disabilities would still be able to obtain specialty or alternative plates and whether any changes to the process would affect access.
John Gannon — Recognized to speak next after the exchange with Representative Harris.
John Gannon — Noted that no motion had yet been made on the previous docket 260 and began asking about the paper alternative registration process at the clerk's office.
John Gannon — Asked which provision was involved in the discussion about processing registrations at the clerk's office and whether there was discussion of an alternative.
John Gannon — Raised the question about the alternative process and the rule section being discussed.
John Gannon — Clarified that Representative Shepard had commented on the section and asked whether there had been discussion of an alternative.
John Gannon — Referenced in the discussion as the member asking about the alternative process.
John Gannon — Asked which rule change brought the issue forward and whether there was discussion of an alternative process.
John Gannon — Asked for clarification on which rule was being discussed.
John Gannon — Continued seeking clarification on the rule under discussion.
John Gannon — Asked which rule was being discussed and identified page six, section 012-03.
John Gannon — Identified page six, section 012-03 as the provision under discussion.
John Gannon — Expressed concern that eliminating section 012.03 could imply manual temporary registrations would no longer be available.
John Gannon — Argued that removing the rule could imply the manual process is no longer available.
John Gannon — Questioned whether removing the rule would leave the issue to policy rather than a binding rule.
John Gannon — Moved to approve the docket while keeping section 012.03 in place.
John Gannon — Restated the motion to keep section 012.03 in the rules.
John Gannon — Made the motion and responded to comments about the practical impact of keeping the rule in place.
John Gannon — His motion is being discussed as the committee moves to vote on keeping section 12.03 in the rules.
John Gannon — Referenced indirectly in the ongoing committee procedure, though not speaking in this section.
Clay Handy — Representative Clay Handy asked a series of related questions about vinyl license plates, including whether they could be allowed without a code change or instead handled through rulemaking. The exchange continued as he pressed the point and was told the issue appeared to be outside Mr. Floyd's area.
Judy Boyle — Mentioned as having discussed vinyl license plates with Representative Handy.