Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 11th, 2026

House Appropriations Committee

Key Moments

  • James Petzke — Moved to send House Bill 834 to general orders.
  • Rod Furniss — Asked whether more than $10 million had been expensed in the past.
  • Josh Tanner — Addressed in the follow-up question about timing of expenditures.
  • Dustin Manwaring — Moves to return House Bill 837 to the sponsor.
  • Dustin Manwaring — Addressed by the chair in the procedural discussion about returning or holding HB 837.
  • Dustin Manwaring — Moves to send House Bill 838 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
  • Brandon Mitchell — Moves to introduce RS 33-663 and send it to the Second Reading Calendar.
  • James Peske — States his name for the record and presents HB 838.
  • Chris Bruce — Moved House Bill 835 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
  • Chris Bruce — Likely the speaker being corrected in the transcript as 'Representative Jeff Ehlers' District 21, Meridian' is introduced again; name appears garbled in the transcript and is not clearly attributable from this section alone.
  • Chris Bruce — The transcript appears to misrender the sponsor name; the section attributes the RS discussion to 'Representative Jeff Ehlers, District 21, Meridian.'
  • Chris Bruce — Moved to approve the minutes from March 5, 2026.
  • Chris Bruce — No further comment on the motion.