Idaho House Republicans suspend rule blocking Democrats’ minority report from legislative record

‘To just silence us is a step too far’: House Republicans halt report criticizing gender transition bill

BOISE — A new bill seeking to require doctors and educators to out transgender minors to their parents passed out of the House without significant controversy on Wednesday. A few minutes later, that lack of controversy was wiped away as…

Idaho House passes bill to force schools and doctors to out transgender minors to their parents

The Idaho House widely passed a bill Wednesday that would require school officials and health professionals to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits.House Bill 822 would require schools, health care providers and child care providers to notify parents within three days after the entities receive “any request by the minor student to participate in or facilitate the social transition of the minor student.”That would include: Us…

Idaho House Republicans suspend rule blocking Democrats’ minority report from legislative record

Following debate on HB 822, House Majority Leader Jason Monks asked to suspend House Rule 27 to prevent the minority report in the official legislative record.

Harms of single-party rule spur Idaho Democrats to run for office » Sandpoint Reader

By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Competition is the heartbeat of representative democracy. Idaho shows what happens when one party faces no real check. The Republican supermajority has turned the Legislature into a pipeline for extremism, pushing policies that don’t solve real problems and don’t reflect what most Idahoans want. While Democrats fight to protect public schools, health care, fire prevention, public safety and other essentials, …

Statehouse roundup, 3.11.26: House blocks Democratic report criticizing bill on transgender students

House Democrats sharply criticized their colleagues across the aisle Wednesday after Republicans blocked a minority report on a bill that would force schools to out transgender students to their parents.  The minority report — a seldom-used tool for Democrats to officially dissent from a Republican-led committee’s decision — focused on House Bill 822. The legislation, which House Republicans overwhelmingly passed Wednesday, would penalize school…