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ID SR107
Resolution
Status
2/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Idaho Senate Resolution 107 formally supports continuing the practice of observing an official time of prayer each day during the regular legislative session
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The resolution cites historical precedent dating to the First Continental Congress in September 1774 and the Constitutional Convention in 1787
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References U.S. Supreme Court decisions Marsh v. Chambers and Zorach v. Clauson as affirming the constitutionality of legislative prayer practices
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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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The Idaho Senate currently observes prayer during the Second Order of Business on the Senate floor each day
Legislative Description
States findings of the Senate and supports observing an official time of prayer each day of the regular session of the Idaho Legislature.
PRAYER RESOLUTION
Last Action
Filed in Office of Secretary of Senate
3/12/2025