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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Michael McLendon and 2 co-sponsors

Idaho Senate Health and Welfare approves temporary/pending rules from DHW, DEQ, and DOPL with two subsections disapproved; the rest proceed with no fiscal impact.

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Summary — Senate Resolution No. 109 (Idaho, 2025)

Title: Resolution stating findings of the Senate and providing that all temporary and pending rules of the Department of Health and Welfare, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses have been reviewed and approved by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, with exceptions.

Classification: Senate resolution (subject: Rules)
Introduced: February 14, 2025
Status: Adopted; enrolled and filed with Secretary of State (May 2025)

Purpose and intent

SR 109 documents the Idaho Senate’s review under Idaho Code § 67‑5291 of temporary and pending administrative rules published to the Idaho Administrative Bulletin. The resolution declares that the Senate Health and Welfare Committee reviewed and approved the temporary and pending rules submitted by three agencies, while identifying limited exceptions that the committee did not approve.

Key provisions

Finds that the Senate Health and Welfare Committee reviewed temporary and pending rules submitted by:

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare,
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, and
Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL).

Declares that those rules have been reviewed and approved by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, except for two specific rule subsections that the committee did not approve:

IDAPA 24.33.02 — Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, Rules for the Licensure of Physician Assistants, Docket No. 24‑3302‑2401 — Section 100, Subsection 01 (only).
IDAPA 24.36.01 — Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, Rules of the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy, Docket No. 24‑3601‑2402 — Section 200, Subsection 14.e (only).

Who is affected

State agencies required to publish temporary/pending administrative rules (notably the three named agencies).

Regulated professions and entities subject to the identified IDAPA provisions — specifically physician assistants and parties regulated by the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy — to the extent those particular subsections were disapproved.

The Legislature and the Office of the Administrative Rules Coordinator as part of the formal administrative‑rule review process.

Procedural and timeline notes

Review performed pursuant to Idaho Code § 67‑5291 (legislative committee review of temporary/pending rules).

Legislative action timeline (excerpt):

Introduced: Feb 14, 2025
Read and adopted on various dates in February–March 2025; read in full and adopted (voice vote) March 7, 2025 (floor sponsor: Sen. VanOrden)
Enrolled and transmitted to Secretary of State: May 22, 2025 (filed May 27, 2025)

Fiscal note attached states: “This legislation will have no impact on the General Fund, dedicated fund, or any federal funds.”

The bill package includes a standard disclaimer that the attached statement of purpose/fiscal note was prepared by a proponent and is not an expression of legislative intent.

Practical impact

The resolution formally records legislative review and approval of the agencies’ temporary/pending rules, which supports those rules’ continued administrative processing under Idaho’s Administrative Procedure Act.

The two disapproved subsections (identified by IDAPA and docket) remain subject to further agency or legislative action (e.g., revision, withdrawal, additional review) before they could be given effect.

No direct fiscal effect on state funds per the fiscal note.