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Statehouse roundup, 3.31.23: House passes libraries bill, as session nears conclusion
…House Speaker Mike Moyle said from the speaker’s lecturn. Enough lawmakers flipped their vote to pass the budget on a 33-29 vote. After the vote, Rep. Steve Berch rose to…
Statehouse roundup, 3.21.23: Last-minute school choice bill debuts
…objections of Boise Democrats Steve Berch, Soñia Galaviz, John Gannon, Colin Nash and Lauren Necochea. Apprenticeships. Senate Bill 1069 would set up the framework to allow college students to work…
Statehouse roundup, 3.17.23: Private school tuition bill ends week in legislative limbo
…the district for two years or longer. The committee passed the bill on a voice vote, with Boise Democrats Soñia Galaviz and Steve Berch voting no. The bill now heads…
Statehouse roundup, 3.16.23: Revamped library bill heads to House floor
…Idaho voters are “not safe.” The bill narrowly passed, 37-32. A bill raising the cap on a well-used charter school financing tool passed the House. Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, cast…
Call for State Board elections narrowly fails
…campaign finance, campaign fundraising and politics,” said Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise. Rep. Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls, said the bill was poorly written. Designating the state superintendent as the chair and…
Statehouse roundup, 3.14.23: Boise State building project survives … barely
…passed 66-3. Reps. Steve Berch, D-Boise; Ned Burns, D-Bellevue; and John Gannon, D-Boise, voted in opposition. Military scholarship bill out for possible amendment The Senate Education Committee voted Tuesday to…
Statehouse roundup, 3.9.23: Charter commission budget fails, needs revisions
…and coming back to this committee,” said Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise. “I think it deserves a full hearing.” And Rep. Greg Lanting assured the committee that the bill will be…
Statehouse roundup, 3.7.23: Proposal to repeal Blaine Amendment resurfaces
…an abstinence curriculum. Reps. Chris Mathias and Steve Berch, both D-Boise, had issues with the bill. Mathias said including “prior to marriage” in the definition could give students the wrong…
Lawmakers reject new ESA proposal in frustrated debate
…could more easily pass. “There is absolutely no guarantee,” Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, responded. And Rep. Lori McCann, R-Lewiston, vice-chair of the House committee, insinuated similar moves are already being…
Statehouse roundup, 2.23.23: School bathroom bill heads to Senate floor
…the prevention of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, which is “deceiving” to parents. Discussion of the bill was brief, but at times tense. Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, said he was…