Transportation and Defense Committee, Idaho House of Representatives

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The Transportation and Defense Committee is a standing committee of the Idaho House of Representatives.

Per the House Rules, Idaho House of Representatives committees are assigned by the Speaker of the House. The number of members on each committee is fixed in the order of appointment. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. Quorum is not defined in the rules.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Transportation and Defense Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
John L. Gannon Brooke Green	Joe Palmer Chair Brandon Mitchell Vice Chair Mike Pohanka James Holtzclaw Jason Monks Charlie Shepherd Jaron Crane Clay Handy Ted Hill James Petzke Judy Boyle Lance Clow Kyle Harris Stephanie Mickelsen

2023-2024 legislative session

Transportation and Defense Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Brooke Green Vice Chair Lauren Necochea Nate Roberts Ned Burns	Melissa Durrant Chair Sage Dixon Julie Yamamoto Lori McCann Megan C. Blanksma Jerald Raymond Dan Garner Gregory Lanting Joe Palmer Jon Weber Kenny Wroten Steve Miller

2021-2022 legislative session

Transportation and Defense Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Ilana Rubel John L. Gannon John McCrostie	Joe Palmer Chair Gayann DeMordaunt Vice-chair Charlie Shepherd Doug Okuniewicz Brandon Mitchell Dustin W. Manwaring Jim Addis Megan C. Blanksma Scott Syme Jason Monks James Holtzclaw Steven Harris Sage Dixon Rick D. Youngblood Terry F. Gestrin

2019-2020 legislative session

Transportation and Defense Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (14)	Third-party members(0)
Muffy Davis John L. Gannon Melissa Wintrow Ilana Rubel	Joe Palmer Chair Paul Shepherd Vice Chair Doug Ricks Jim Addis Megan C. Blanksma Scott Syme Gayann DeMordaunt Jason Monks James Holtzclaw Steven Harris Sage Dixon Rick D. Youngblood Clark Kauffman Terry F. Gestrin

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Transportation and Defense Members, 2017
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (14)
• Phylis King	• Joe Palmer, Chair
• Melissa Wintrow	• Paul Shepherd, Vice chair
• John L. Gannon	• Terry F. Gestrin
	• Brandon Hixon
	• Clark Kauffman
	• Kelley Packer
	• Rick Youngblood
	• Patrick McDonald
	• Sage Dixon
	• Steven Harris
	• James Holtzclaw
	• Jason Monks
	• Gayann DeMordaunt
	• Scott Syme

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Transportation and Defense Members, 2015
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (14)
• Phylis K King	• Joe A. Palmer, Chair
• Dan Rudolph	• Paul E. Shepherd, Vice chair
• Melissa Wintrow	• Richard Wills
	• Linden B. Bateman
	• Terry F. Gestrin
	• Brandon Hixon
	• Clark Kauffman
	• Kelley Packer
	• Rick D. Youngblood
	• Patrick McDonald
	• Sage Dixon
	• Steven C. Harris
	• James Holtzclaw
	• Jason Monks

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Transportation and Defense Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (14)
• Shirley Ringo	• Joe Palmer, Chair
• Phylis King	• Paul E. Shepherd, Vice chair
• John L. Gannon	• JoAn Wood
	• Richard Wills
	• Linden B. Bateman
	• Frank N. Henderson
	• Lawerence Denney
	• Terry Gestrin
	• Marc Gibbs
	• Brandon Hixon
	• Clark Kauffman
	• Kelley Packer
	• Mark Patterson
	• Rick D. Youngblood

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Transportation and Defense Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (12)
• Shirley Ringo	• Joe Palmer, Chair
• Bill Killen	• Julie Ellsworth, Vice chair
• Phylis King	• Frank Henderson
	• Robert Nonini
	• Jeff Nesset
	• Phil Hart
	• Marv Hagedorn
	• Leon Smith Jr.
	• Richard Wills
	• Scott Bedke
	• Linden B. Bateman
	• JoAn Wood

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Transportation and Defense Committee Members, 2009
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (10)
• Mary Lou Shepherd	• JoAn Wood, Chair
• Shirley Ringo	• Phil Hart, Vice chair
• Phylis King	• Robert Nonini
• James Ruchti	• Ken Roberts
	• Raul Labrador
	• Marv Hagedorn
	• Richard Jarvis
	• Richard Wills
	• Leon Smith Jr.
	• Russ Matthews

External links

• Transportation and Defense Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Idaho House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Mike Moyle

Majority Leader:Jason Monks

Representatives

District 1A

Mark Sauter (R)

District 1B

Cornel Rasor (R)

District 2A

Heather Scott (R)

District 2B

Dale Hawkins (R)

District 3A

Vito Barbieri (R)

District 3B

Jordan Redman (R)

District 4A

Joe Alfieri (R)

District 4B

Elaine Price (R)

District 5A

Ron Mendive (R)

District 5B

Tony Wisniewski (R)

District 6A

Lori McCann (R)

District 6B

Brandon Mitchell (R)

District 7A

Kyle Harris (R)

District 7B

Charlie Shepherd (R)

District 8A

Rob Beiswenger (R)

District 8B

Faye Thompson (R)

District 9A

John Shirts (R)

District 9B

Judy Boyle (R)

District 10A

Mike Moyle (R)

District 10B

Bruce Skaug (R)

District 11A

Kent Marmon (R)

District 11B

Lucas Cayler (R)

District 12A

Jeff Cornilles (R)

District 12B

Jaron Crane (R)

District 13A

Brent Crane (R)

District 13B

Steve Tanner (R)

District 14A

Ted Hill (R)

District 14B

Josh Tanner (R)

District 15A

Steve Berch (D)

District 15B

Dori Healey (R)

District 16A

Soñia Galaviz (D)

District 16B

Annie Haws (D)

District 17A

John Gannon (D)

District 17B

Megan Egbert (D)

District 18A

Ilana Rubel (D)

District 18B

Brooke Green (D)

District 19A

Monica Church (D)

District 19B

Chris Mathias (D)

District 20A

Joe Palmer (R)

District 20B

James Holtzclaw (R)

District 21A

James Petzke (R)

District 21B

Jeff Ehlers (R)

District 22A

John Woude (R)

District 22B

Jason Monks (R)

District 23A

Chris Bruce (R)

District 23B

Shawn Dygert (R)

District 24A

Clint Hostetler (R)

District 24B

Steve Miller (R)

District 25A

Lance Clow (R)

District 25B

David Leavitt (R)

District 26A

Mike Pohanka (R)

District 26B

Jack Nelsen (R)

District 27A

Douglas Pickett (R)

District 27B

Clay Handy (R)

District 28A

Richard Cheatum (R)

District 28B

Dan Garner (R)

District 29A

Dustin Manwaring (R)

District 29B

Tanya Burgoyne (R)

District 30A

David Cannon (R)

District 30B

Ben Fuhriman (R)

District 31A

Jerald Raymond (R)

District 31B

Rod Furniss (R)

District 32A

Stephanie Mickelsen (R)

District 32B

Wendy Horman (R)

District 33A

Barbara Ehardt (R)

District 33B

Marco Erickson (R)

District 34A

Jon Weber (R)

District 34B

Britt Raybould (R)

District 35A

Vacant

District 35B

Josh Wheeler (R)

Republican Party (60)

Democratic Party (9)

Vacancies (1)