Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-432

  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
There is hereby created the joint finance-appropriations committee which shall consist of the members of the senate finance committee and the members of the house appropriations committee. Vacancies on the committee which occur during the interim when the legislature is not in session shall be filled by the speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the senate, but any member thus selected shall be from the same house and the same political party as the member whose seat was vacated, and shall serve until the next regular legislative session.