Research finding · Research date 2026-09-17
Water-policy vote verification
Recorded status: SOURCE-RESTORED RECOVERY ITEM. URLs and source-specific support statements restored from corrected v2 snapshot. Evidentiary firewall preserved; dynamic aggregates and secondary reports still require ordinary publication-stage verification.
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
SCR 118's recorded 2026 roll calls show Kohl and Zuiderveld among three Senate no votes and Leavitt/Hostetler among House no votes. HB 445 provided ongoing water-project funding and passed in 2025; roll-call records document the relevant no votes. IDA's advocacy framing should be separated from legislators' stated fiscal/oversight rationales.
Evidence firewall: Vote alignment is factual; advocacy claims about motive or being 'against water infrastructure' require context.
Source references
- FastDemocracy — Idaho SCR 118 (2026) — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- LegiScan — Idaho HB 445 (2025) votes — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- Idaho Water Resource Board — HB 445 materials — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2
- Idaho Dairy Focus — Spring 2026 — URL-preserving recovery snapshot v2