Legislator seeks end of personal bills

Rep. Barbieri sponsors resolution to propose rule change that would allow bills to be introduced only by committee

Rep. Vito Barbieri is sponsoring a new resolution that would eliminate so-called personal bills in the Idaho House of Representatives. If adopted, House Resolution 2 would eliminate seven words from House Rule 6 so that the rule would state “No bill shall be introduced except by committee…” Most bills in the Idaho House go through the committee process, where a panel of legislators votes on whether to introduce a bill and then usually conducts a public hearing on a bill before taking a vote on whether to send the bill to the floor for a vote of the full Idaho House. The resolution does not apply to the Idaho Senate.