The Senate today has a special resolution up, SR 103, honoring and commending former Secretary of the Senate Jeannine Wood and her chief assistant, Rusti Horton, both of whom have now retired. Wood served as the Senate's secretary from 1990 until this year, and won national acclaim for her work. Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, said, “It is not … hyperbole to say that Idaho's government, its laws and its legislative history is better because these two women graced these marble halls.” Davis said the two were responsible for ensuring that the Senate operated according to its rules, and that an accurate record of its actions was preserved.

He requested a roll-call vote on the resolution, and every member of the Senate rose to support the request. Davis said that was the first time he's aware of that the entire Senate rose to support such a request. “Senators, thank you for doing that,” he said. “Senators, process matters, and Jeannine Wood and Rusti Horton mattered to process.” Senate Minority Leader Edgar Malepeai, D-Pocatello, said Wood and Horton's work to “keep our proceedings dignified and orderly was unmatched.” Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, a stickler for rules, said of Wood, “She truly wrote the book, in so many ways.”