Carl Bjerke — Identified as vice chair and asked to take over the chair.
Carl Bjerke — Named as seconding the motion.
Carl Bjerke — Senator Bjerke participates in a discussion about DEQ’s capacity and resources, asking about the department’s bandwidth and how health districts view the proposed consolidation. He also briefly asks for the speaker’s last name while the exchange continues on the same topic.
Julie VanOrden — Chair turns the meeting over to the vice chair.
Julie VanOrden — Introduces herself for the record and presents RS 333993.
Julie VanOrden — Presents the proposal and offers to answer questions.
Julie VanOrden — Confirms that the proposal is the audit.
Julie VanOrden — Meeting is turned back over to the chair.
Julie VanOrden — Committee chair addresses the witness.
Julie VanOrden — Chair is addressed during the question exchange.
Julie VanOrden — Chair Julie VanOrden concluded the committee’s consideration of the bill by asking if there were any further questions, inviting Representative Weber to close, presiding over the motion and vote to send the House bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and then announcing that there was no further business and adjourning the meeting.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks a clarifying question about whether the proposal is an audit process and whether it includes rate increases or direct care wages.
Melissa Wintrow — Seeks clarification that the proposal is only an audit process and not a wage or rate directive.
Melissa Wintrow — Makes the motion to send RS 333993 to print.
Melissa Wintrow — Prepares to ask questions after the presentation.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks about the difference between a doctor and a physician of naturopathy.
Melissa Wintrow — Question from Senator Wintrow is being answered.
Melissa Wintrow — Raises concerns about eliminating the board structure and notes the value of varied perspectives and regional advice.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks whether the department or the current board is behind the proposal and says she has concerns the board has not been meeting as required.
Melissa Wintrow — Says she will vote to print but is reluctant to remove the advisory layer and wants legal questions answered about current meeting requirements.
Melissa Wintrow — Asked questions after the bill introduction.
Melissa Wintrow — Asked questions following the presentation.
Melissa Wintrow — Asked for more explanation about the pros and cons of the proposed change.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks about the benefits of the change.
Melissa Wintrow — Begins a follow-up question about the bill's technical changes.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks whether the bill's crossed-out language reflects removal of health districts and technical updates.
Melissa Wintrow — Asks whether the bill's redlines are mostly technical updates and whether the state still protects public health and safety.
Melissa Wintrow — Identified as the second to the motion.
Melissa Wintrow — Thanked Representative Weber and others for answering questions and noted the bill is lengthy and important.
Camille Blaylock — Named as the second on the motion.
Camille Blaylock — Senator Blaylock is introduced as the next presenter for RS 33355.
Camille Blaylock — Introduces herself and presents RS 33355, explaining it updates the structure of boards within the Department of Health and Welfare.
Camille Blaylock — Senator Wintrow addresses her with questions about the bill's origin.
Camille Blaylock — States that the Department of Health and Welfare knows about the legislation and suggests the full debate will address both sides.
Camille Blaylock — Addressed by Senator Wintrow in her comments.
Camille Blaylock — Introduces RS 33406 as a health care transparency bill about childbirth cost information.
Camille Blaylock — Introduces RS 33419, which updates exemptions related to newborn screenings.
Mark Harris — Not mentioned in this section.
Mark Harris — Named in connection with the motion and second.
Mark Harris — Representative Weber responded to Senator Wintrow and then introduced Nate Francisco to answer the questions.
Mark Harris — Moved to send House Bill 555 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
Elizabeth Marshall — Elizabeth Marshall is introduced as a University of Idaho College of Law law student who will present the RS, and she then introduces herself, explaining that she is a second-year law student and is externing with Senator Anthon.
Brandon Shippy — Not mentioned in this section.
Brandon Shippy — Senator Brandon Shippy makes a series of motions to send RS 33355, RS 33406, and RS 33419 to print.
Brandon Shippy — Senator Shippy asks whether the bill affects septic systems and drain fields, continuing the same line of questioning across the overlapping mentions.
Ms. Marshall / Elizabeth Marshall — Defers the detailed answer to Senator Anthon.
Glenneda Zuiderveld — Glenneda Zuiderveld repeatedly seconded motions to send several RS measures to print, including RS 33355, RS 33406, and RS 33419.
Nate Francisco — Nate Francisco, representing the Idaho Solid Waste Association, answers questions about the bill’s solid-waste oversight changes. He explains why consolidating authority under DEQ makes sense, including DEQ’s expertise, avoiding conflicts of interest, and creating statewide consistency. He notes that his region has limited interaction beyond its own district, that the bill would be funded through user fees for DEQ’s added responsibilities, and that health districts were consulted and are generally neutral or supportive because they lack solid-waste funding. He also clarifies that the bill applies to municipal solid waste, not septic systems, while preserving DEQ’s ability to use local agreements, and begins describing the federal oversight framework under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.