The House today honored the Legislature’s longtime chief bill drafter, Mike Nugent, who is retiring. Lawmakers from both parties lauded Nugent’s impartiality, hard work, extensive knowledge and quick and on-target work.

House Speaker Scott Bedke, addressing Nugent in the House gallery, said, “We will miss your institutional memory. We salute you for your dedicated service to the state of Idaho.” Bedke told Nugent he’s “set the bar pretty high,” and told all the state’s bill drafters, “There’s your standard to which you can aspire. Thank you again, Mike.” The House gave Nugent a standing ovation, and Bedke added to Nugent, an accomplished golfer, “Hit ‘em long and straight.”

Returning to the speaker’s podium, before calling the House back into order, Bedke commented, “Kinda sucks to pass mileposts sometimes, you know?”

Nugent is retiring after 41 years of service. HCR 53 honors Nugent as a “dedicated public servant who has spent his entire professional career in service to the Idaho Legislature.”

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