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ID HR011
Resolution
Status
3/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Idaho House of Representatives establishes an official time of prayer to commemorate the First Regular Session of the Sixty-eighth Idaho Legislature (2025)
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Resolution cites historical precedents including the First Continental Congress (September 1774), Constitutional Convention (September 1787), and the first U.S. Congress (April 1789) as examples of legislative prayer traditions
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References Supreme Court cases Marsh v. Chambers and Zorach v. Clauson affirming the constitutionality of legislative prayer and religious expression in government settings
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Notes that by 1815, at least 1,400 official prayer proclamations had been issued by civil governments in the United States
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Resolution is ceremonial and declaratory, containing no statutory changes or appropriations
Legislative Description
States findings of the House of Representatives commemorating the 2025 session with an official time of prayer.
PRAYER
Last Action
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
3/12/2025