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Zach Forster, representing Idaho's credit unions, said his organization worked with the Department of Finance and the Secretary of State's office to craft the clarifying language and that the bill reflects consensus among the parties. \"We worked with the Secretary of State's office as well as with the Department of Finance on this, and it was really just a matter of...all 3 of us coming together and just saying okay this is how we're gonna move forward,\" Forster said.

There was no opposition at the hearing. Representative Marmon moved to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation; the motion carried on a voice vote. The bill will proceed to the full House.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Business Committee - February 19, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","House Bill 181 clarifies filing requirements under the Credit Union Act so that articles of incorporation are filed with the Secretary of State on formation, aligning credit-union practice with filings for other business entities. The committee voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.","taxTitle","Business, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Idaho","taxId",54708,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6322552,"Committee clears bill allowing boards to offer fee holidays and adjusts license reporting requirements",413,2491000,2904000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e&start=2491&end=2904","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e/thumbnail_2491000.jpg","/articles/6322552/Idaho/Committee-clears-bill-allowing-boards-to-offer-fee-holidays-and-adjusts-license-reporting-requirements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6322552-1c87dbf4d3da8d38e73fa84cd0bd53af/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144982&Signature=IoTsqcyhXnnouNmLfph64fS2h9dwIWMfQ0gvOQorcvNuGxtk4VTdm4HpV0E6KOE6ee8Z1QE8NzqqUNyiUqCd~jTGApIgEP6GxLwW-QAVVB1MWRzbUZHtN~oNhe821-LoP996QN73ZG95Qz8qDL4OGfPY~uXQ~Ku78Qv~E0-8cqzFGFLDLJzPAb8qcwPFRagxeWmaDrG-beI2S21iAzkSx34dDIqYVmjpJrl3BZIbiO7pCtBAI306m21xetX32Wb2s~3r3jZsNgsxLuFa1~ICCOq06976KDZVDB0HMNrOrhvG~ceToR4bQ8LdllZBAKAsGXGVioMBFuXaGwr-EDuceQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Jeff Ehlers introduced House Bill 152, describing multiple provisions that affect occupational licensing boards. The bill directs boards to report revenues and expenditures and to prepare plans to adjust cash balances where boards hold abnormally high or low reserves. \"Section 3...is saying let's get a report and figure out a plan to adjust these cash balances,\" Ehlers said, and section 2 requests revenue-and-expenditure detail.

Ehlers said the bill also authorizes a fee holiday for fees imposed by administrative rule when boards hold excess cash, and performs a technical cleanup to reflect last year's change from one-year to two-year license terms under prior legislation. In response to Representative Harris, Ehlers said a fee holiday could apply to any fee established in administrative rule, including renewal or licensing fees. \"Whether it's renewal, licensure, various fees that are found in rules, would allow for a holiday,\" Ehlers said.

Committee members asked whether the bill conflicted with other pending measures that require statutory authority for new licenses; staff and Representative Baylor clarified that past legislation constrained creation of new licenses but did not prevent agencies from adjusting fees through rulemaking. There was no public testimony. Representative Cannon moved to send House Bill 152 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; the motion carried on a voice vote.","House Bill 152, which directs licensing boards to report on cash balances, permits boards to declare fee holidays and cleans up code to reflect two-year license terms, passed the committee and will go to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6322557,"Committee sends inspection-modernization bill to general orders after debate over 15-day shot clock and refunds",2030,438000,2468000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e&start=438&end=2468","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e/thumbnail_438000.jpg","/articles/6322557/Idaho/Committee-sends-inspection-modernization-bill-to-general-orders-after-debate-over-15-day-shot-clock-and-refunds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6322557-56059f1d0a0323e5288c09e0b0be1776/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144982&Signature=Y1qgyBjVcE2vYCdwFETWd8Djcn0LvLVU0pPfwFRP34-Z~IQTM9jypvoxYKqCOmj9lzpGKjIQCMy5ZOC9jIbSikNqRwy0tU1GOfzZbfjF9DAiJ9lWf~JHC8GaxFKiz8FcKzYagngi3aS6iNvT8s6u~kXz0QVBpwGJ7Jv0a69icgXnlfL7G~MUZ5QVwDWY0CLehZ~tW1PP8igIqyCZFdkYiBMasYXbJNyW-SCj6FZniwzaqYMq4~tETcUbhFH2OuceiM5t83yg65zTQxQL841YkwnTbOlY68E9X-b8cO49ue1xnY8i7fD~4Myoohh3ytSCblMfPNMCx3sSBtGkAPCvWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Josh Wheeler described House Bill 266 as a package to \"modernize and streamline\" building inspection processes statewide. The bill permits live virtual inspections only for reinspections, requires inspectors to confirm address and be live, limits virtual reinspections to structures three stories or lower and creates a 15-day shot clock after which a permit holder may obtain a qualified third-party inspection. \"If the municipality or state is taking longer than 15 days to complete an inspection, then the citizen or the contractor can go to a third party inspector,\" Wheeler said.

Wheeler told the committee the bill also includes refund provisions. He clarified during questioning that a 100% refund applies when an inspection is not timely, while a separate 10% refund would apply when an inspector fails to notify a permit holder of reasons for a failed inspection within three days. \"The section that starts on line 5 through line 7...is asking the inspectors to give timely notification on why an inspection failed,\" Wheeler said.

Committee members and industry witnesses expressed mixed views. Representative Thompson, who schedules inspections for a construction firm, asked who would carry liability for a third-party inspection. Wheeler said third-party inspectors \"would have no more or less liability than our current building officials have.\" Representative Harris and others objected that the bill could leave permit holders out of pocket: if a municipality charged $75 for an inspection but a third-party cost $125, the permit holder would be refunded only the municipal portion, not the higher market rate. \"If I'm forced because the city and the state can't fulfill their obligation to inspect timely on a job, I should be reimbursed for that encumbrance,\" Representative Harris said.

Kelly Packer of the Association of Idaho Cities supported the bill with the guardrails included, saying most municipalities already meet the 15-day target and the refund formula is intended to protect taxpayer funds. Brett Stoddard, a building official from Rexburg, said many cities turn inspections around in a day or two but acknowledged rural jurisdictions with staffing shortages can fall behind.

The committee debated whether 15 days is too long; several members urged a shorter timeline. Representative Palmer offered a substitute motion to send the bill to general orders for amendment so the committee could consider changing the shot clock. The substitute motion passed. The bill now goes to general orders for possible amendments.","House Bill 266 would allow live virtual reinspections, create a 15-day shot clock for public inspections and permit third-party inspections when agencies are late. The committee voted to send the bill to general orders for amendments after lawmakers and stakeholders raised concerns about the timeline, liability and refund mechanics.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6322561,"House Business Committee advances bill to issue journeyman licenses to master electricians",374,132000,506000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e&start=132&end=506","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2347277-af15f235e16710e299dae7000b2c830e/thumbnail_132000.jpg","/articles/6322561/Idaho/House-Business-Committee-advances-bill-to-issue-journeyman-licenses-to-master-electricians","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6322561-8ec47c1b6d04b50851a3878507a1bfe5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144982&Signature=mwSHdzx587ZrOKbD9MiLHmDKeIuLR6LEVOfpru2LcmBcuWvAiE7jRnpaHbAjYSA36n460Z1cKWJetfei660br5zIXIFv04CXz1N7k-VU7TwnVgAFX9H6O1HxDshcffGYuyIiMXS~1yerqqVgU93Gy2WI~LzlMtJVmWj12IFcHqrXhvel7CrX-LjFqppU5dzD3auJxe6lmdHREtTt1WCG0AqdzyCDVETaRNfMO~cDhP914cOOvoKZMdERezuZAhcfxatVp2jPzh~3bTAnG24PlCgUxj9mc6-JdSJmUddzGFKGDxrKcIcGY0KIpMFK0Gq7blaC4N1BLp2pOlM2RzLdbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Josh Wheeler, sponsor of House Bill 153, told the House Business Committee on Feb. 19 that the measure would allow licensed master electricians to be issued journeyman electrician credentials without a separate application or fee increase. \"This legislation was actually brought to my attention by a couple constituents who are licensed master electricians,\" Wheeler said. \"It matters more when they're trying to reciprocate with other states.\"

The bill aims to reduce what Wheeler described as \"bureaucratic redundancy\" by granting journeyman status where a master license already exists, easing reciprocity when electricians move between states. Wheeler said industry members called the draft \"the most common sense bill ever seen.\" He told the committee the division that issues licenses told him the dual credential could be produced within existing staff and fee structures and that the fee would remain essentially the same as the current master license fee.

Committee members asked whether the change would create new administrative costs or shift expenses to taxpayers. Representative Harris asked who would pay to reissue or produce a new credential card. Wheeler said the licensing division told him it could implement the change under existing FTEs and administrative funds and that the fee schedule in the bill mirrors current master license fees.

There was no public testimony and no recorded roll-call vote. Representative Cornelis moved that the committee send House Bill 153 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; the motion carried on a voice vote. The bill will next be considered by the full House.","The House Business Committee voted to send House Bill 153 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. Sponsor Rep. Josh Wheeler said the bill would eliminate redundant licensing barriers and ease interstate reciprocity for master electricians.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee approves clarification requiring credit unions to file articles with Secretary of State

Committee clears bill allowing boards to offer fee holidays and adjusts license reporting requirements

Committee sends inspection-modernization bill to general orders after debate over 15-day shot clock and refunds

House Business Committee advances bill to issue journeyman licenses to master electricians