Boards & Commissions
Statutory Boards & Commissions
The Secretary of State is assigned to serve on the following boards & commissions by Idaho Code.
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Meeting announcements, agendas, minutes, and other details for board & commission meetings can be found at the Idaho Townhall website.
Idaho Code Commission
Appointed by the Governor. Governed by Idaho Statute §73-2.
The mission of the Idaho Code Commission is to keep a current compilation of Idaho Code. This is done through publication of new volumes, updated pocket parts to volumes, or as necessary, the republication of single or more volumes, especially after each session of the legislature. The publications contain existing laws, repealed laws or parts of laws, substitute laws, additional laws, constitutional provisions & changes, rules of the Supreme Court of Idaho, additional notes, annotations and indexing.
Membership
Secretary:
Phil McGrane
Chairman:
Jill Holinka (appointed March 21, 2017, term expires: December 1, 2028)
Member:
Jeremy Vaughn (appointed March 23, 2021, term expires: December 1, 2026)
Member:
Jonathan Shirts (appointed March 23, 2021, term expires: December 1, 2026)
Mailing Address:
Idaho Code Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise ID 83720-0080
Idaho Board of Canvassers
Governed by Idaho Statute §34-12(11-13).
The Board meets within fifteen days after the primary election and within fifteen days after the general election in the office of the Secretary of State for the purpose of canvassing the abstracts of votes cast for all candidates for federal, state and district offices. After canvassing the abstract votes, the Board issues a statement with the names of the candidates, the number of votes cast for each candidate, the total number of all votes cast for all federal, state and district candidates and the total number of affirmative and negative votes cast for any special question by county. This statement is signed by all members and presented to the Secretary of State.
Membership
Secretary of State:
Phil McGrane
State Treasurer:
Julie Ellsworth
State Controller:
Brandon Woolf
Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners
The Land Board provides direction to the Department of Lands in managing approximately 2.5 million acres of state endowment trust lands in Idaho. The Land Board also oversees the work of the Department of Lands in its regulatory and assistance duties, and in managing Idaho’s public trust lands – the thousands of miles of land beneath Idaho’s navigable waterways.
Learn more at the Department of Lands website.
Membership
Governor:
Brad Little
Secretary of State:
Phil McGrane
Attorney General:
Raúl Labrador
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
Debbie Critchfield
State Controller:
Brandon Woolf
Idaho Board of Examiners
Governed by Idaho Statute §67-20.
​The Board of Examiners examines all claims against the state except salaries and compensation fixed by law and ordinary operations of state government for which appropriations have been made.Â
Membership
Governor:
Brad Little
Secretary of State:
Phil McGrane
Attorney General:
Raúl Labrador
State Controller:
Brandon Woolf
IDeal (Idaho's 529 College Savings Program) Board
IDeal helps tens of thousands of people, help save and better manage the cost of education. It offers simple ways to save with built-in incentives in the form of tax benefits and can be used for eligible educational expenses like tuition, books and equipment.
Learn more at the IDeal website.
Membership
Governor:
Brad Little
Secretary of State:
Phil McGrane
State Treasurer:
Julie Ellsworth
Attorney General:
Raúl Labrador
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
Debbie Critchfield
State Controller:
Brandon Woolf
Idaho Deferred Compensation Board
Learn more about the Idaho Deferred Compensation Plan
Membership
Governor:
Brad Little
Secretary of State:
Phil McGrane
Attorney General:
Raúl Labrador
State Controller:
Brandon Woolf
Professional Boards
The Secretary of State has accepted positions on these additional boards that are not required by statute.
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)
Western Region Vice President
Appointed annually by the NASS President and approved by member vote, the NASS Executive Board is the chief governing body of NASS. The President and President-elect are of opposite political parties and rotate on an annual basis. The board meets at least twice a year.
Learn more at the NASS website.
Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center (EI-ISAC)
Executive Committee member
The Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (EI-ISAC®) is a critical resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response and recovery for the nation’s U.S. State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal (SLTT) election offices.Â
Learn more at the Center for Internet Security website.
Photo: The rotunda of the Idaho state capitol building.