Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 60 Mar 12th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Key Moments

  • Jordan Redman — Likely the 'Redmond, Chairman' referenced in the Business Committee report.
  • Ron Mendive — Likely the 'Mendive, Chairman' referenced in the committee reports.
  • Richard Cheatum — Reported the committee recommendation on House Bills 680 and 860 and Senate Bills 1251 and 1309.
  • Richard Cheatum — Referenced as having stated concerns about the ISP budget.
  • Richard Cheatum — Managed debate order and recognized second-time debate.
  • Brent Crane — Crane votes aye on House Bill 790.
  • Brent Crane — Name appears in a distorted speaker/roll call fragment.
  • Brent Crane — Brent Crane’s votes are recorded as aye during the vote tally.
  • Brent Crane — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Anne Haws — The good lady from 33 explains that House Bill 758 is a cleanup bill requested by Health and Welfare after work on daycare licensing.
  • Anne Haws — The good lady from 2 presents House Bill 798 and explains it is a cleanup bill.
  • Anne Haws — The good lady presents House Bill 831 and explains its purpose.
  • Don Hall — The speaker refers to the good gentleman from 31 as a co-participant in preparing the cleanup bill.
  • Charlie Shepherd — Likely the member speaking in favor of the bill and making a declaration due to family involvement.
  • Charlie Shepherd — Charlie Shepherd is identified in the transcript as chairman, with multiple transcription variants ('Schagg Chairman,' 'SCOG Chairman,' and 'Crane Chairman') all appearing to refer to the same committee-chair reference. The discussion is focused on clarifying his role and the transcription uncertainty around his name.
  • Charlie Shepherd — Charlie Shepherd is referenced twice during the same debate segment, first as 'Gentleman, 6' and then as 'Gentleman, 17,' indicating continued discussion in the bill debate without a meaningful change in topic.
  • Jerald Raymond — Likely the 'good gentleman from 34' speaking on Senate Bill 1261.
  • Dori Healey — Likely the 'good lady from 4' presenting Senate Bill 1232 as amended.
  • Dori Healey — A member from District 18 seconds the motion to recess (speaker label is transcribed as 'Good lay from 18').
  • Dori Healey — Clarified that no additional cuts were taken from the ISP budget and explained the CEC increase and funding structure.
  • Dori Healey — Asked whether enhancements may come back through the process to fund vacant positions.
  • Dori Healey — Yielded for a question.
  • Dori Healey — Asked whether enhancements may come back through the process to fund vacant positions.
  • Dori Healey — Said enhancements are being worked on within the budgets and noted bills are running to bring in more money.
  • Dori Healey — Addressed as the questioner in the exchange.
  • Dori Healey — Requested to ask a question of the member from 6.
  • Dori Healey — Said the current budget does not address the vacant-position funding issue.
  • Dori Healey — Asked to close debate.
  • Dori Healey — Closed by defending the maintenance-plus-enhancement budgeting approach and urging a yes vote.
  • Dori Healey — Offered personal privilege and thanked the gentleman from 21 for his work.
  • Dori Healey — Praised for hard work and said to have handled the record number of bills that day.
  • Dori Healey — Announced an evening dinner for NABIP and NAIFA at the Crystal Ballroom.
  • Tanya Burgoyne — The speaker appears to refer to the representative from 14, but the identification is uncertain from the transcript alone.
  • — Mentioned in connection with a vote being cast.
  • Cornel Rasor — Identified as the floor sponsor/gentleman from 21 for Senate Bill 1227.
  • Cornel Rasor — The speaker says two House members were added to the amendment, but no specific names were given.
  • Cornel Rasor — Floor sponsor for Senate Bill 1273.
  • Cornel Rasor — Floor sponsor for Senate Bill 1274.
  • Cornel Rasor — Floor sponsor for Senate Bill 1275.
  • — The speaker says two senators were added to the amendment, but no specific names were given.
  • Jason Monks — Named during the vote-change call.
  • Vito Barbieri — Named during the vote-change call.
  • Vito Barbieri — Vito Barbieri is identified as the chairman of the Environment, Energy and Technology Committee.
  • — A member from district 22 comments humorously that she would be obsolete in front of the DOGE committee.
  • Heather Scott — Likely intended by the garbled 'Birch, Furniss' / vote-change reference? Not enough certainty to assign; no member ID applied.
  • Joe Alfieri — Joe Alfieri is called during the vote process.
  • Barbara Ehardt — Named as chairman of the House Local Government Committee (transcribed as E. Hart).
  • Joe Palmer — Joe Palmer is identified as the chairman of the House Transportation and Defense Committee, with a repeated reference to him as chairman of the Transportation and Defense Committee.
  • Ilana Rubel — Ilana Rubel is recorded as voting nay.
  • Ilana Rubel — Recorded as voting nay.