OPEN MEETINGS LAW – Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding multiple agenda items on an agenda.

This Idaho bill (H 172) amends the Open Meetings Law to clarify how public agencies can manage meeting agendas. It allows agencies to group routine items into a "consent agenda" for single voting, but prohibits including ordinances, fee resolutions, or items needing more than a simple majority in these groupings. Agencies must identify items requiring votes as "action items" on the agenda, and if members request removal from the consent agenda during a meeting, those items must be discussed separately before voting. The law also sets specific timing rules for agenda amendments before or during meetings, requiring written justification for last-minute changes. This directly affects all Idaho public agencies holding regular or special meetings under the Open Meetings Law.