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-LEGISLATURE
+REVISED
+ST
+A
+TEMENT
 OF
-THE
-STATE
-OF
-IDAHO
-Sixty-eighth
-Legislature
-Second
-Regular
-Session
--
-2026
-IN
-THE
-SENATE
-SENATE
-RESOLUTION
-NO.
-117
-BY
-STATE
-AFFAIRS
-COMMITTEE
-A
-SENATE
-RESOLUTION
-1
-STATING
-FINDINGS
-OF
-THE
-SENATE,
-RECOGNIZING
-THE
-IMPORTANCE
-OF
-ITALY
-AS
-A
-2
-TRADE
-PARTNER
-WITH
-IDAHO,
-AND
-SUPPORTING
-THE
-STRENGTHENING
-OF
-TIES
-BE
--
-3
-TWEEN
-IDAHO
-AND
-ITALY.
-4
-Be
-It
-Resolved
-by
+PURPOSE
+RS33551
+/
+SR1
+17
+This
+concurrent
+resolution
+reaf
+firms
 the
-Senate
-of
+unique
+relationship
+and
+strong
+economic
+ties
+between
 the
 State
 of
-Idaho:
-5
-WHEREAS,
+Idaho
+and
+Italy
+.
+This
+resolution
+also
+recognizes
 the
-United
-States
-established
-diplomatic
-relations
-with
-Italy
-6
-in
-1861
-following
-the
-unification
-of
-most
+establishment
 of
 the
-peninsula
-into
-what
-became
-7
-the
-Republic
-of
-Italy;
-and
-8
-WHEREAS,
-Italy
-is
-an
-important
-trade
-partner
-with
-the
-United
-States.
-In
-9
-2024,
-goods
-exported
-from
-the
-United
-States
-to
-Italy
-were
-worth
-$32.4
-billion
-10
-and
-goods
-imported
-to
-the
-United
-States
-from
-Italy
-were
-worth
-$76.3
-billion;
-1
-1
-and
-12
-WHEREAS,
-Italians
-have
-had
-a
-presence
-in
-Idaho
-even
-before
-Idaho
-became
-13
-a
-state.
-Italian
-immigrants
-arrived
-in
-Idaho
-beginning
-in
-about
-1880,
-re
--
-14
-sponding
-to
-the
-need
-for
-workers
-to
-build
-railroad
-lines
-across
-Idaho.
-Ital
--
-15
-ians
-also
-became
-loggers,
-miners,
-and
-farmers
-in
-Idaho
-and
-were
-mentioned
-16
-in
-passing
-in
-the
-debates
-recorded
-in
-the
-proceedings
-of
-the
-Constitutional
-17
-Convention
-of
-Idaho
-in
-1889
--
-1890;
-and
-18
-WHEREAS,
-according
-to
-Leonard
-Arrington's
-"History
-of
-Idaho,"
-there
-19
-were
-about
-2,627
-Italians
-living
-and
-working
-in
-Idaho
-by
-1910,
-including
-20
-about
-400
-families
-in
-Pocatello
-tied
-to
-the
-railroad
-industry,
-and
-also
-21
-loggers,
-farmers,
-miners,
-and
-shopkeepers
-in
-the
-areas
-of
-Kellogg,
-Wallace,
-22
-Bonners
-Ferry,
-Naples,
-Lava
-Hot
-Springs,
-Roston,
-Mullan,
-and
-Priest
-River,
-23
-with
-Priest
-River
-even
-being
-called
-"Little
-Italy"
-for
-a
-time;
-and
-24
-WHEREAS,
-Italy
-has
-long
-been
-a
-partner
-in
-trade
-with
-the
-State
-of
-Idaho;
-25
-and
-26
-WHEREAS,
-Micron
-Technology,
-Inc.,
-which
-was
-founded
-in
-Boise
-in
-1978
-as
-27
-a
-four
--
-person
-semiconductor
-design
-company
-and
-is
-now
-a
-Fortune
-500
-company,
-28
-now
-has
-three
-sites
-in
-Italy,
-employing
-over
-400
-team
-members
-in
-Vimercate,
-29
-Arzano,
-and
-Avezzano;
-and
-30
-WHEREAS,
-in
-2025,
-the
+new
 Honorary
 Consulate
 of
 Italy
 in
-Idaho
-was
-estab
--
-31
-lished
-in
-Boise
+Idaho.
+FISCAL
+NOTE
+This
+legislation
+will
+not
+impact
+the
+state's
+general
+fund
+or
+any
+dedicated
+fund
+or
+federal
+fund.
+Therefore,
+this
+legislation
+has
+no
+fiscal
+impact.
+Contact:
+Senator
+Kelly
+Arthur
+Anthon
+(208)
+332-1000
+DISCLAIMER:
+This
+statement
+of
+purpose
+and
+fiscal
+note
+ar
+e
+a
+mer
+e
+attachment
+to
+this
+bill
+and
+pr
+epar
+ed
 by
-the
-Italian
-Ministry
-of
-Foreign
-Affairs
-and
-International
-32
-Cooperation
-to
-provide
-Italian
-consulate
-services
-in
-the
-states
-of
-Idaho
-and
-33
-Montana;
-and
-34
-WHEREAS,
-the
-establishment
+a
+pr
+oponent
 of
 the
-Honorary
-Consulate
-in
-Idaho
+bill.
+It
 is
-ex
--
-35
-pected
-to
-facilitate
+neither
+intended
+as
 an
-increase
-in
-tourism
-and
-trade
-between
-people
-and
-36
-businesses
-in
-Idaho
-and
-Italy;
-to
-host
-official
-visit
-delegations
-from
-37
-Italy;
-to
-promote
-local
-cultural
-events;
-to
-facilitate
-the
-ability
+expr
+ession
 of
-38
-students
-to
-study
-abroad;
-and
-to
-help
-create
-partnerships
-with
-Idaho
-univer
--
-39
-sities
-to
-facilitate
-research
-ventures.
-40
-NOW,
-THEREFORE,
-BE
-IT
-RESOLVED
-by
-the
-members
+legislative
+intent
+nor
+intended
+for
+any
+use
+outside
 of
 the
-Senate,
-assembled
-41
-in
-the
-Second
-Regular
-Session
+legislative
+pr
+ocess,
+including
+judicial
+r
+eview
+(Joint
+Rule
+18).
+Statement
 of
-the
-Sixty
--
-eighth
-Idaho
-Legislature,
-that
-42
-
-2
-the
-Senate
-recognizes
-the
-importance
-of
-Italy
-as
-a
-trade
-partner
-with
-Idaho
-1
-and
-supports
-the
-strengthening
-of
-ties
-between
-Idaho
-and
-Italy.
-2
+Purpose
+/
+Fiscal
+Note
+Bill
+SOP/FN
+REVISED:
+03/02/2026,
+12:31
+PM