(March 1, 2019 / Author: Tim Bondy) On February 25, 2019, the Idaho State House passed House Joint Memorial No. 5 and I believe it could become one of the first blatant attacks on our public lands during the 2019 session. It certainly looks like the Republican controlled Idaho legislature is looking for a way to take over federally managed lands.
As of March 1, 2019, the Idaho Legislative website showed the following movement:
“HJM5 was “Introduced, read first time; referred to: Resources & Environment.”
I assume this means the HJM5 is now in the hands of the Senate and it was read on the floor of the that chamber and referred the resources and environmental committee.
FYI … a Memorial cannot be changed nor amended when it goes to the Senate for a vote.
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Link to the official HJM 5 document: (Google Drive / Shared Files for Websites/HJM005-Feb2019-State-Legisl-Passed-BondyWeb.pdf) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SV3jWDy8GrwNRotC_P31IJMQgOLzavWl/view?usp=sharing
HJM #5 is/was the first of three 2019 anti-public lands “bills” introduced by the Idaho House of Representatives. HJM5 requires that if a private landowner wishes to sell their land to the public for public uses like hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping, an equal-value amount of PUBLIC land in that county must be sold to private interests. This is troubling for both your public land rights as well as private landowner rights.
The vote Feb. 25 vote was very much along party lines but four Republicans were smart enough to vote against HJM No. 5 and vote for our public lands. Predictably, my two District 23 representatives voted to approve this ill-conceived memorial legislation.
Both Christy Zito and Megan Blanksma have shown by their voting record in the past two years they are foes of our public lands. As farmers/ranchers in real life, I suspect both of these politicians want to transfer some (all) of our public lands to state-controlled and eventually hand it over to the extractive industries.
Idaho Representatives who voted in favor of HJM5
- Addis (R)
- Amador (R)
- Andrus (R)
- Barbieri (R)
- Bedke (R)
- Blanksma (R) – District 23
- Boyle (R)
- Chaney (R)
- Christensen (R)
- Clow (R)
- Collins (R)
- Crane (R)
- Dayley (R)
- DeMordaunt (R)
- Dixon (R)
- Ehardt (R)
- Furniss (R)
- Gestrin (R)
- Gibbs (R)
- Giddings (R)
- Goesling (R)
- John Green (R)
- Harris (R)
- Hartgen (R)
- Holtzclaw (R)
- Horman (R)
- Kauffman (R)
- Kerby (R)
- Kingsley (R)
- Lickley (R)
- Marshall (R)
- Mendive (R)
- Monks (R)
- Moon (R)
- Moyle (R)
- Nichols (R)
- Palmer (R)
- Raybould (R)
- Raymond (R)
- Ricks (R)
- Scott (R)
- Shepherd (R)
- Stevenson (R)
- Troy (R)
- Vander Woude (R)
- Wagoner (R)
- Wisniewski (R)
- Young (R)
- Youngblood (R)
- Zito (R) – District 23
- Zollinger (R)
Idaho Representatives who voted against HJM5
- Abernathy (D)
- Anderson (R)
- Anderst (R)
- Armstrong (R)
- Berch (D)
- Chew (D)
- Davis (D)
- Ellis (D)
- Erpelding (D)
- Gannon (D)
- Brooke Green (D)
- Mason (D)
- Rubel (D)
- Smith (D)
- Syme (D)
- Toone (D)
- Wintrow (D)
- Wood (R)
Some Info About House Joint Memorials
JOINT RULE 6: Proclamations, Resolutions and Memorials.
Joint resolutions shall be treated in every respect as are bills except that they shall be passed only by 2/3 majority of the membership of each house.
Concurrent resolutions and memorials shall be printed as are bills and concurrent resolutions, proclamations and memorials shall also be printed in full in the journal of the house of origin and by number and author only in the journal of the other house. When passed in one house and transmitted to the other, they shall be accepted or rejected only and shall not be subject to amendment. Joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and memorials shall, after being passed, be filed with the Secretary of State, rather than being submitted to the Governor for consideration.
A proclamation shall not be printed in the same manner as bills, resolutions or memorials but enough copies shall be reproduced so that each member of both houses shall be entitled to a copy and, if the proclamation is passed by both houses, copies shall be sent to the person, persons or entity being addressed by the proclamation. When a proclamation is passed in one house and transmitted to the other, it shall be accepted or rejected only and shall not be subject to amendment.
Rule Reference: https://legislature.idaho.gov/house/house-joint-rules/
Last updated on March 1, 2019
Thanks,
~ signed ~
Tim Bondy
Freelance Writer & Citizen Journalist
I am a proud citizen journalist, aka “enemy of the American People!”